34 Quotes by Chirlane McCray

I like to go to the subway and hear what people are thinking and feeling and what their concerns are. You learn so much that way. You really do.

Black women do not have as many positive images in the media as we should.

Telling my story has not been easy for me. I've had to dredge up memories I would have rather forgotten. The lonely, anxiety-ridden months I avoided others, attempting to hide from interrogations about my social life.

I wish I had more time to read.

I have the advantage of many perspectives as someone who has lived in different kinds of communities: as a woman, as someone who previously identified as a lesbian, as someone who is a person of color. I've had a lot of life, so that informs what I do.

I'm a woman and a person of color; I know what it's like out there in the workplace.

My life was very compartmentalized. I went to a school that was all white, and then I went home and to my black family.

I would consider running for office. But not for mayor.

Government is not just about maintaining the status quo. It's about helping people's lives to work.