The last thing I would ever do though is actively work against another woman.

There's no question that I have always wanted to be mayor. I know I am strategically not supposed to be saying that, but I don't care.

I just think women should support women.

It's hard for me to write about anything personal because I get way too personal.

I would suggest that people do need to trust someone, to think they care about you. I believe that in my heart.

We need to consider that only a small amount of the public vote for the mayor of a city. It's because they are disgusted and don't trust the government.

My success has been based on the issues. It's easy to fight for mental health or needle exchange or small businesses or whatever, because the machine can't interfere.

I cannot sell my soul in order to participate with Nancy Pelosi or Carole Migden or any of them. I can't do it.

I am a visible person. I'm visible and I'm controversial. I don't mind if you crave the limelight - but make it work for you!

When I think about political races, and certain consultants, the word that comes to mind is dirty. Dirty, dirty, DIRTY!

I really, really, loved being an elected official. But I also love what I'm doing now. I thrive when I can fight for people and I'm doing it now as a lawyer.

Self-improvement is possible only through time conversion in solitude.

Gratitude also opens your eyes to the limitless potential of the universe, while dissatisfaction closes your eyes to it.

I contemplated suicide. My main concern was that I would not make the New York Times obituary page.

So long as it doesn't get to the point where you don't remember whose opera you're listening to, I'm willing to experiment.

Aristocracy has three successive ages. First superiority s, then privileges and finally vanities. Having passed from the first, it degenerates in the second and dies in the third.

And I have asked to be Where no storms come, Where the green swell is in the havens dumb, And out of the swing of the sea.

Generally speaking, rhyme is the marker for the end of a line. The first rhyme-word is like a challenge thrown down, which the poem itself has to respond to.

My dad has had a rare form of leukemia since I was in about 7th grade.

Unless you walk out into the unknown, the odds of making a profound difference in your life are pretty low.

If you recognize anyone it does not mean you like them.