Tone Can Be As Important As Text.

I Was Born At The Age Of Twelve On A Metro-goldwyn-mayer Lot.

It Is Not Possible To Remake The World. You Can Fix Parts, But You Can't Remake The World.

There's A Nastiness Out There That Wants To Harm Me With Words. These Are My Enemies - The Ideologues, The Populists, The Columnists Who Don't Like The Fact That I Take Them On Toe-to-toe. What I Try To Do Is Tell The Truth. It's Not The Coin Of The Realm In Politics.

Deals Are My Art Form. Other People Paint Beautifully On Canvas Or Write Wonderful Poetry. I Like Making Deals, Preferably Big Deals. That's How I Get My Kicks.

The Very Fact That I Became Mayor In 1977 Conveys How You Can't Figure Out What The People Will Do. Nobody Thought I Would Be Elected. When I Entered I Got Four Percent Of The Vote In The First Poll, Four Percent.