I have tremendous admiration for everyone who enters the political arena so long as their goal is to do what they believe is right for the people of New York.

Olympics is global competition in which eighty, ninety, hundred, hundred and ten countries participate.

It is a very real concern and my view is that everything changed on September 11th and the procedure, the policies that were in place prior to September 11th no longer should apply.

And one of the frustrating parts, but it's an inherent part of our democracy, is we have separation of powers.

I get to define for myself what being a success is.

The FHA's success provides strong evidence that government can and should play a role in the nation's mortgage finance system. It also demonstrates that although government intervention in the economy during the Great Recession was messy, things would have been a lot messier without it.

The success of my comedy has been not being afraid to touch on subject matters or issues that everyone else is politically scared of.

I wish I could just go tell all the young women I work with, all these fabulous women, 'Believe in yourself and negotiate for yourself. Own your own success.' I wish I could tell that to my daughter. But it's not that simple.