There's a creativity, a power, an energy, an ability to do things unlike any other period in history. It's a little bit like sitting in the Renaissance, but multiplied a thousand-fold.

The difference between people who can read and write and those who can't is just absolutely astronomical.

If you had a front row seat at the Renaissance, you would have seen Machiavelli come by plotting, and you would have seen murders in the streets, you would have seen violence, you have seen people burning books and it would have looked like the world was a horrible place, but that's where all these incredible stuff we're still living with comes out of.

There are few jobs in the world that are more fun than being the head of Urban Development for a great and thriving city.

New York City is a fascinating place because it's very good at using the energy in attracting some of the best and the brightest from everywhere.

Anytime you bring a really powerful new technology to market there are multiple implications. You start changing the relative position of countries.

The housing crisis may not be the worst thing that's happened to New York City because it was becoming impossible for some of the young doctors, for some of the young artists, for some of the people that make the city so special to be able to live here.