“I'll get up and bike to the Brooklyn Bridge and throw myself off it.” — Ned Vizzini Copy Share Image
A lot of people in barber shops all over Brooklyn talk about Paulie Malignaggi v. Zab Judah. — Paulie Malignaggi Copy Share Image
I wish I had an invisible plane to take me home to Brooklyn, and I wouldn't have to ride the subway. — Keri Russell Copy Share Image
Google "brooklyn writer" and you'll get, Did you mean: the future of literature as we know it? — Colson Whitehead Copy Share Image
I'm a Brooklyn boy. I was born in Brooklyn, New York, and raised there, and spent most of my childhood there. — Robert Jay Lifton Copy Share Image
There's something about Brooklyn that reminds me of Toronto. I think because it's so community-minded. — Sandrine Holt Copy Share Image
When I was trekking across Brooklyn, looking for MC battles - and there were plenty of them - I never dreamed I'd… — GZA Copy Share Image
You're more likely to find me at home in the evenings watching 'Brooklyn Nine Nine.' — Phil Rudd Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
I was a ward of the state, initially, and then in the foster care system for quite some time, even though I… — Rosie Perez Copy Share Image
Brooklyn, when I was growing up, was awesome. It was stoopball and stickball - a lot of kids... the baby boom generation… — Jerry Doyle Copy Share Image
I can go years without going to Los Angeles, but I think my living in Brooklyn is critical to my continuing to… — Peter Hedges Copy Share Image
My part of Brooklyn has always been a very warm neighbourhood, even before I had anything going on in the music industry.… — Gregory Porter Copy Share Image
I would encourage more development in the boroughs outside of Manhattan as well. I think it's great that this natural emergence has… — John Liu Copy Share Image
At 19, I had a family. I'm from Brooklyn, that's not Manhattan. All the people I know are not connected with the… — Jimmy Smits Copy Share Image
“Photographer shoots Sutton in close-up, the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway behind his head. The expressway was built while Sutton was in prison. God what… — J.R. Moehringer Copy Share Image
The ten-block radius around my house in Brooklyn has been my whole world. When I walk on the street, I feel like… — Lucas Hedges Copy Share Image
I was born on the other side of the tracks, in public housing in Brooklyn, New York. My dad never made more… — Howard Schultz Copy Share Image
The New York Times will tell you what is going on in Afghanistan or the Horn of Africa. But it is no… — Edwin Diamond Copy Share Image
When I came to New York, to Brooklyn, I met Alvin Ailey and Stanley Crouch and August Wilson. They were always putting… — Wynton Marsalis Copy Share Image
Occasionally, on screen, Barbara [Stanwyck] had a wary, watchful quality about her that I've noticed in other people who had bad childhoods;… — Robert Wagner Copy Share Image
I moved to L.A. after my landlord in Brooklyn tripled my rent. I spent months looking for other places to move to… — Dave Sitek Copy Share Image
I loved 'A Tree Grows in Brooklyn.' I read it later as an adult, but I loved 'We Have Always Lived in… — Suzanne Collins Copy Share Image
My daughter lives in an apartment (hovel) in Brooklyn, so disgusting the roaches don't even bother hiking up the four flights of… — Kate Siegel Copy Share Image
I had very low self-esteem. Books saved me. I found friends in stories like The Chronicles of Narnia and A Tree Grows… — Jenny Lawson Copy Share Image
I like to bike ride a lot just around where I live in Brooklyn Heights. — Marky Ramone Copy Share Image
I was raised on the streets, in hot, steamy Brooklyn, with stifled air. — Barbra Streisand Copy Share Image
I'm glad and proud to finally come overseas to play for Brooklyn. — Bojan Bogdanovic Copy Share Image