“Venice, Italy, survives 365 days out of every year in water; New Orleans can survive a few days of water if it has to.”

Some 70 percent of Americans donated to Katrina victims.

New Orleans has to learn to live with water rather than in fear of water, and we need a master plan that shows us how to do this. It’s so critical that we send a signal to everyone in the country that we’re serious about rebuilding New Orleans.

I was treated with a miracle drug, just like Lance Armstrong.

I think the industry finally gets it. They’ve lost the connection with the American public, and they’ve got to rebuild the trust with the American public.

I hate birthdays, .. It’s more like a new starting point in New York. For me, it’s an evolution. I don’t celebrate the past. I like the present and tomorrow.

The new kings of the world will live tranquilly for a long time, confining themselves to devouring each other and being parasites among each other on a cottage industry scale.

I adore America. It’s an extraordinary country. A new country.

I’m trying to find new ways to make this game more attractive.

Substituting nuance for novelty is what experts do, and that is why they are never bored.

When, according to habit, I was contemplating the stars in a clear sky, I noticed a new and unusual star, surpassing the other stars in brilliancy . . . .

There are roughly three New Yorks. There is, first, the New York of the man or woman who was born here, who takes the city for granted and accepts its size and its turbulence as natural and inevitable. Second, there is the New York of the commuter.

I do not, as you know, take sufficient interest in dress to be able to describe the new fashions. Dress is a bore.