There is no point in me worrying about what Bloomberg or Badillo will do.

The art and culture that is New York, communications, finance, all these things help make up New York. The rest of the country should be happy that we are what we are.

I haven't committed a crime. What I did was fail to comply with the law.

Today, certain people file for bankruptcy, businesses and individuals, and it no longer has the stigma it once had. Now it's almost considered wise, a way to regroup and come back again.

I went to Israel when the missiles were falling there.

I love kids and I maintain that they are our future, that we adults owe them the ability to achieve their potential and that we don't own this planet. We hold it in trust for them.

But I make the observation that no one of us would do things exactly alike.

Well, I think I am a very, very lucky person. I'm very fortunate.

But the courts have dismissed the lawsuits against me and Lee Brown.

In 1975 I was among a group of blacks who formed the Black Americans in Support of Israel Committee.

As a matter of fact, even when I finished law school, I had no notion of public service then.

Tom, "said Eric, " just yesterday, you were a complete stranger to us! Now, you are part of our lives!

I can't assume responsibility for a man's infidelity, no more than I can take credit for his choice to remain faithful.

That's the thing with magic. You've got to know it's still here, all around us, or it just stays invisible for you.

There's a fine line between character building and soul destroying.

People are optimistic about the future.

Oh Rome! My country! City of the soul!

Harold Koopowitz a son-of-a-gun! He's a drug peddler, in my opinion.

All the world Loves You, but You are nowhere to be found, Hidden and yet . . . completely obvious!

The hero wanders, the hero suffers, the hero returns. You are that hero.