I don't judge myself by what someone says.

It's very easy to say that something is a shadow of itself, and it may be true in some senses.

I just don't believe that you have to come in and insult people when you want to change things.

If you believe in journalism, you don't insult good journalists.

You can criticize any news staff in some ways, but the one thing that you couldn't call the Village Voice staff was a staff of stenographers, taking notes from public figures and just passing them on.

Lacey didn't like it, even though he was born here, I understand. I mean, he was born in Brooklyn. He told the staff that they better prepare themselves to say goodbye to some of their friends.

People in New York pay attention to national issues - a huge percentage of people.