I kind of look like I work in a Brooklyn coffee shop.

I can't work in Brooklyn. Unless I'm completely locked away in a studio, there's just too much distraction and stimulation.

— Zach Condon

I like going after work back to Brooklyn because it is so much more relaxed and chill.

— Anna Ewers

I think Brooklyn is easily one of the best NBA cities out there.

— Joe Harris

They have great restaurants, good nightlife. Everything is here in Brooklyn that you can possibly want.

— Joe Harris

I wanted to help my sister, Latoya, because she's an awesome cook. She's one of the best culinary people I've ever met. She makes…

— Mickie James

Nothing's going to keep me from making music. If I were in the want-ads in the back of the paper or playing to six…

— Dave Grohl

[On living in New York City:] I'm oblivious to everything. I just don't notice anything. I sat in a coffee shop, drank half a…

— Laura Kightlinger

“What that means, in a practical way, is that we strive to know and love a few people deeply. We don’t have to distribute…

— Judson Edwards

Standup comedy was my weird hobby. I would drag my poor parents out to the only open mics that were in coffee shops instead…

— Alexandra Petri

I worked a variety of jobs in retail and at coffee shops all through high school. And, though I was surrounded by people who…

— Diane Guerrero

I got my first job when I moved to Los Angeles. I worked at a coffee shop for five years and it was one…

— Katie Leclerc

“See, forgiveness doesn't happen all at once. It's not an event -- it's a process. Forgiveness happens while you're asleep, while you're dreaming, while…

— Barry Lyga

“I look at you and see a life we’ve yet to build,
a love that feels inevitable, waiting to unfold. I look at your face…

— Marion Bekoe

I spend a lot of time loathing the sentences that I put down on the page. Once I'm past that phase, it doesn't really…

— Kelly Link

Academically, I was never that interested. I skipped classes. My biggest dream was to have a coffee shop, but I had no idea how…

— Daniel Espinosa