Citizens, Thank You For All Your Birthday

Citizens, Thank You For All Your Birthday Wishes. I Am 88 Years Old Today And Still Lucky To Live In The Greatest City In The World.

It's A Lot More Fun Being A Critic Than Being The One Criticized.

I Love Being The Mayor. I Want To Be The Mayor Forever.

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.

I Know Many Writers Who First Dictate Passages, Then Polish What They Have Dictated. I Speak, Then I Polish - Occasionally I Do Windows.