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I aspired from early on to write a novel, to be in the 'New Yorker,' to be on Broadway, and at least in a…

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A true New Yorker never backs down, and I'm no exception. Holla!

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I have no credentials. I have no money. I literally come from a poor place. I was a servant. I dropped out of college.…

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I'm a New Yorker, and I rarely get to work at home.

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I grew up in Chelsea on 22nd Street... I am really a native New Yorker.

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'The New Yorker' didn't invent the magazine cartoon, but it did really establish it.

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You have to be a xenophile at heart to be a true New Yorker.

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A friend said to me I'm like a walking New Yorker article. It's true! That's how I write. That's how I think.

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