- my grandfather, he was somebody who lived around new york and new jersey his entire life, watched what happened here closely. and as giuliani came onto the scene and then became mayor, he said very aptly that giuliani was a beloved son of a bitch. lots of people who couldn t stand him came around to a real sense of endearment with him because he got some things done that were important and that substantially changed the city for the better. - he s an extraordinarily complex individual, smart, smart, smart, hard-, hard-, hardworking. - he had a little bit of not a little bit. he had a lot of kind of a superman complex, that, you know, he could do anything. - my real ambition was someday to be united states attorney in the southern district of new york,