I have always wanted to live in New York City.

Those who know New York City primarily through tourism or mass culture may think of us natives as possessing certain shared characteristics, not all…

— Jonathan Dee

Greensboro's mad at me because I said I'd rather go to New York City for a week. Why would they be mad at me?…

— Jim Boeheim

I live not too far from it in New York City.

— Piper Perabo

“There is nothing Tourettic about the New York City subways.”

— Jonathan Lethem

I've definitely run from the cops in the New York City subways.

— Gillian Jacobs

When I first came to New York City, what I was thrilled about was not the Empire State Building, or the Statue of Liberty;…

— Dave Gibbons

I think the energy in New York City is like no other to be honest.

— Jack Draper

Growing up so close to New York City, I always loved going to the city, but I'd be disappointed because songs about New York…

— Grace VanderWaal

It is important that New York City is in compliance with international criminal law.

— Zohran Mamdani

People here always said to me, 'Why would you leave civilization to go to a place like Fiji?' Fiji is a far more civilized…

— Raymond Burr

I was born in New York City. But my family moved when I was still an infant. Except for a year and half when…

— E. L. Konigsburg

I was born in New York City in 1926, four years after my parents and my brother migrated to the United States from the…

— Robert Fogel

I love New York City. The energy, the theatre, the art, the food, the people, the parks and streets. But I could say the…

— Pierce Brosnan

I remember my own life as a small boy, son of Jewish immigrants, in a janitor's flat on Orchard and Stanton streets on the…

— Jacob K. Javits

I just have a confidence and a toughness that personifies New York City and gives you an edge.

— Mark Jackson