“There is a tradition in America of people in business not only comment...” — Lloyd Blankfein Quote

There is a tradition in America of people in business not only commenting on the way the government is being run but doing something about it if they don't like it. In fact, they don't just rail about it: they go into government, like some of my ex-colleagues.

I got into Goldman really by acquisition because I had gone - I grew up in east New York in the Linden Projects - I did go to fancy schools, but my resume wasn't up to a Wall Street set of resumes. I went to college. I went to law school and practiced for a while.

In my own experience, I plotted and planned my life when I was getting out of law school to know by what year I'd make it to the Supreme Court. That didn't work out the way I planned.

Businesses will ultimately go where the markets and opportunities are.

Gail didn't want me commenting on the opinion pages. I was hired by the news department and, despite the rabid assertions of the Times' enemies and detractors, the two really have nothing to do with each other.

When I was growing up, we used to be like the Royle family, sitting around watching lots of TV and commenting on it. It was our focal point.

I've always wanted to connect with my viewers but there's only so much you can do through commenting and tweets.

None of these people that are commenting on myself truly know me. So you just remind yourself that there's a disconnect. It's not the end-all, be-all.