There's a fascinating statistic: One out of every four people in America has visited New York since 9/11. It is astounding. Now, I don't know how you count it; it's some people coming multiple times.

America is built around this premise that you can do it, and there are an awful lot of people who are unlikely to have done it who did.

I know that many Irish-born New Yorkers are caught in the trap of our federal immigration policies. If we are going to continue to attract the best and the brightest - and Ireland has more than its fair share - we need to inject some common sense into our immigration laws, and I'm doing my best to make that case in Washington.

I never lie, so if somebody asked me a question, I told them.

We need to inject some old-fashioned American values and common-sense, practical thinking into our energy policy.

What chance does a five-foot-seven billionaire Jew who's divorced really have of becoming president?

I like the theater, dining and chasing women. Let me put it this way: I am a single, straight billionaire in Manhattan. It's like a wet dream.