Consensus doesn't happen by magic... You have to drive to it.

I'm going to do whatever I have to do to help a New Yorker, whether it's a girl on the street or a tenant in a housing development.

Don't keep your own schedule - that will eat too much of your time keeping your own schedule. And when you are tired, stop. Because if you are too tired, you become not productive, and you are wasting time.

We all think people deserve second chances. None of us are perfect.

People used to feel oddly empowered to tell me all the reasons I couldn't win. Because I was a woman. Because I was a lesbian. Because I was from the West Side of Manhattan.

I couldn't describe how little interest I have in men. Or I could - but I don't think that it would be appropriate.

The best thing to know is what you don't know.