Actually, after visiting The Corner, I met this man, and then I saw him again in the subway, months later, so I chatted with him. I said, “Where do you sleep at night?” He said, “Oh, I sleep out”—this is in winter. He said, “I grew up in the Arctic. The cold doesn't bother me.” My guess was that he had claustrophobia or something, because I know some people are not comfortable in shelters. They feel crowded in, or sometimes they're not acceptable. There are fleas or God knows what. So it's comforting to know that philanthropy is supporting organizations like the United Way, which enables these people to come in from the cold, or they go out and find them and try to get them in from the cold while the rest of us are home in our comfortable homes.
On October 16th, 2012. See this statement in context.