I'm not an author, but before I became mayor, I wasn't a mayor.

I'm not the type to get ulcers. I give them.

We need a prosecutor who wants to be prosecutor. Not a prosecutor who'd rather be mayor.

It's not so far-fetched that we could have a Latino mayor.

This is not something we wanted to do, ... The mayor was not happy about this. We hung on for as long as we could. Try to analyze this: You have a government operating without any revenue coming in. We're in dire straits.

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.