I still am a virulent anti-communist. It is a bad system, an immoral system, and one that takes away the rights of people and the rights of individuals. And everywhere it's gone, it's failed.

Everybody knows I return all of my phone calls. I pick up my cell phone myself, much to the chagrin of my staff.

I'm never surprised by the insensitivity of 'The New York Times' editorial board.

My favorite is always the book that I'm currently reading.

I was involved as deputy mayor in New York City on 9/11.

I was born here in the city, born in the Bronx. Son of a cop. One grandfather was a taxi driver; the other was a firefighter. New York is in my DNA.

I cannot be separated from Rudy Giuliani, but I am also not Rudy Giuliani.