I'm a New York story.

The short story and the truth is that I was taking vocal lessons here in New York... One day, instead of my lesson, the…

— Lesley Gore

The first information I consume in the morning is probably 'The New York Times' and then my Twitter feed. I think Twitter is a…

— Uzo Aduba

New York feels like home now.

— Francisco Lindor

New York - I'm connected. This is my core. I feel like if I'm not connected to New York, then I don't even know…

— Jay-Z

As someone who came to New York in the 1970s, I was, like so many of my friends, a certified member of what we…

— Graydon Carter

New York is so serious about the creation of work. Everything is happening so fast, it feels like there's another studio, another session on…

— Diplo

“As they say in New York, Get over it and, if you can't get over it, Get over talking about it.”

— Marian Keyes

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

New York and San Francisco are distinctly different. San Francisco is driving the American media, not New York. You have young, microwaved millionaires and…

— Jason Whitlock

One of the things that's great about New York is that it is not a one-industry town. It has education, academia, the service industry,…

— Sarah Jessica Parker

I didn't know the city at all, but I was so happy to be in New York I cried. I was so excited.

— Greta Gerwig

The midwest is great because it hasn't been entirely claimed. There's more room to write about it; it's harder to write about New York,…

— Gillian Flynn

The beauty of New York is unintentional; it arose independent of human design, like a stalagmite cavern.

— Milan Kundera

New York is large, glamorous, easy-going, kindly and incurious, but above all it is a crucible - because it is large enough to be…

— Ford Madox Ford

I sound New York. I sound East Coast much more than a blonde person from L.A.

— Julie Kavner