The problem with the literary hothouse of New York City is that people spend so much time looking in the mirror. They… — Anne Fadiman Copy Share Image
Fancy a novel about Chicago or Buffalo, let us say, or Nashville, Tennessee! There are just three big cities in the United… — Frank Norris Copy Share Image
When you look at the New York Times and you pick it up in the morning, at the top of the paper… — Rudy Giuliani Copy Share Image
People a thousand years from now - this is the way we were in the provinces north of New York at the… — Thornton Wilder Copy Share Image
Michelle Malkin is the most vile, hateful commentator I've ever met in my life. She actually believes that neighbors should start snitching… — Geraldo Rivera Copy Share Image
I don't think the real America is in New York or on the Pacific Coast; personally, I like the Middle West much… — Charlie Chaplin Copy Share Image
They said our first store in Austin would not work. Then they said it would not work outside Austin, that it would… — John Mackey Copy Share Image
Fox News reported Thursday that Bill Clinton can't get into any of New York's better golf and country clubs. Not one member… — Argus Hamilton Copy Share Image
You know, Greenwich Village was the traditional bohemia of New York. I wish I could say that was entirely true now. It's,… — Jay McInerney Copy Share Image
There is something more annoying than pleasant in finding neighbors from back home chiselling in on your own exclusive New York. It… — Dawn Powell Copy Share Image
I came to N.Y.C. in 1988 and got very involved with Act Up. I also started making movies, including two very gay… — Ira Sachs Copy Share Image
Well I've made no secret of my life long love of MAD Magazine, it's probably my first and greatest influence in terms… — Al Yankovic Copy Share Image
'Boyz-n-the-Hood' was actually supposed to be written for Eazy's group. He had a group out in New York called Home Boys Only,… — Ice Cube Copy Share Image
I think the process of 'SNL' is still pretty formal. You make an audition tape, your agent sends it in, they watch… — Noel Wells Copy Share Image
“As he defended the book one evening in the early 1980s at the Carnegie Endowment in New York, I knew that some… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
I first saw 'West Side Story' on stage in 1958. I was in the army, having been conscripted while under contract to… — Russ Tamblyn Copy Share Image
Bonuses balance my budget in New York City. The bigger the bonuses on Wall Street, the more money I had to spend… — Rudy Giuliani Copy Share Image
My grandfather had been on the New York City force with his 11 brothers around the turn of the century. He was… — Bonnie Bedelia Copy Share Image
You can take a picture of New York and one person looking at it will think it looks really depressing, frightening; and… — Elliott Smith Copy Share Image
When life is suddenly more serious more of the time, there is also more need for it to be fun at least… — Thomas Boswell Copy Share Image
The traveling that 'Catfish' affords us and the cross-section of America that we see on a constant basis, I would have never… — Max Joseph Copy Share Image
I was raised in New York City and raised in the New York City theater world. My father was a theater director… — Vin Diesel Copy Share Image
New Jersey is to New York what Santo Domingo is to the United States. I always felt that those two landscapes, not… — Junot Diaz Copy Share Image
“I'm in love with New York. It matches my mood. I'm not overwhelmed. It is the suitable scene for my ever ever… — Anaïs Nin Copy Share Image
I have the same pet peeve as Anderson Cooper, which is bare feet in public. I hate it. It so grosses me… — Busy Philipps Copy Share Image
While opponents label (Howard) Dean a throwback liberal, The New York Times recently noted that as governor, Dean cut income taxes, reformed… — Jon Stewart Copy Share Image
I think Don Henley is a brilliant contemporary rock writer. He would have been a fabulous poet if he weren't a musician.… — Don Felder Copy Share Image
I drove from New York to California by myself. The iconography of travel and escape is everywhere in my photographs... So actually… — Justine Kurland Copy Share Image
When its 100 degrees in New York, it's 72 in Los Angeles. When its 30 degrees in New York, in Los Angeles… — Neil Simon Copy Share Image
Here in New York, we're media obsessed. Writers write about writers who write about writers and reporters and freelancers, and it's just… — Lauren Weisberger Copy Share Image
My dad is from Queens. I remember visiting as a kid. My grandparents grew up here. All the actors I respected were… — Bryan Greenberg Copy Share Image
New York Stat agreed to pay $12 million to settle a lawsuit filed three decades ago by inmates swept up in the… — Colin Quinn Copy Share Image
eah, you don't get a lot of meatheads doing improvised theater to begin with, and that's always been my thing. I talk… — Jon Gabrus Copy Share Image
When I go to galleries in New York, I feel like I'm in school. I know that there's good contemporary conceptual art,… — Kyp Malone Copy Share Image
When I was doing theater for all those years in New York, I did a lot of classical theater, wearing big corsets… — Mireille Enos Copy Share Image
It is Hillary's [Clinton] star power that radiates to every corner of the ballroom. New York bigwigs, such as financial-media impresario Michael… — Gail Sheehy Copy Share Image
I went to the University of Minnesota to study art. I left the university to come to New York and live in… — Jessica Lange Copy Share Image
I went to New York for work. I was at baggage claim, and I had my headphones on, and I was waiting… — Noah Centineo Copy Share Image
I shot a pilot for ABC, which I'm a bit confused about what the actual title is - I heard it was… — Linus Roache Copy Share Image
Every summer my husband and I pack our suitcases, load our kids into the car, and drive from tense, crowded New York… — Hope Davis Copy Share Image