I'm a New Yorker, so I have the sort of tough vein that's…

William Maxwell's my favorite North American writer, I think. And an Irish writer who used to write for 'The New Yorker' called Maeve Brennan,…

— Alice Munro

Yes, Im a New Yorker, born and bred. While Im not quite the L.A. snob that Woody Allen is, I do find myself happier…

— Corey Stoll

I'm a born and bred New Yorker. I belong here. Everytime I leave it's like losing a leg.

— Judy Holliday

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

— Mark O'Donnell

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

— Heather Thomson

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

— Jamaica Kincaid

My chronology is terrible. [Work with William Shawn] must have some ago. It was after he was fired by Newhouse. After New - when…

— Nat Hentoff

“Every time you hear a car alarm, Ruby said, another New Yorker has gone to hell.”

— Tom Spanbauer

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

— Hope Davis

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

— Matt McGorry

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

— Robert Mankoff

To every New Yorker in Kensington and Midwood and Hunts Point, know this: This city is your city, and this democracy is yours too.

— Zohran Mamdani

You can come from China, Russia, any place, and you can be a New Yorker. You can say what you want to say here,…

— Rula Jebreal

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

— Chris Diamantopoulos

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.

— Jose Antonio Vargas