“You have got to be good in that town if you want to beat the crowd.' So says young John on his… — Steven Jay Schneider Copy Share Image
“Alfonse invested everything he did with a sense of all-consuming purpose. He knew four languages, had photographic memory, did complex mathematics in… — Don Dellilo Copy Share Image
My oldest sister was an actress living in NYC by the time I was ten, and desperately wanted to be the one… — Julianna Baggott Copy Share Image
“falafel joint, jazz joint, gyro joint, corner. Schoolyard, creperie, realtor, corner. Tenement, tenement, tenement museum, corner. Pink Pony, Blind Tiger, muffin boutique,… — Richard Price Copy Share Image
When I was young, I wanted to be a movie star. But I realized that you have no control being an actor.… — Tom Ford Copy Share Image
“{...]I began to feel tears of frustration build up in my eyes, yearning to free themselves from their glandular prisons.” — Andrea Bouchaud Copy Share Image
I would give the greatest sunset in the world for one sight of New York's skyline. — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
“To people from 'Brooklyn-Brooklyn' North Brooklyn is really just South Queens.” — Cat Agonis Copy Share Image
“HAVING THE ANSWER DOES NOT ALWAYS MEAN YOU KNOW HOW TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM -HOPENATION” — Qwana M. "BabyGirl" Reynolds-Frasier Copy Share Image
Wyclef is a musician that tried to unite as many musicians at once as possible. I am trying to be successful at… — Wyclef Jean Copy Share Image
I am happy to have success in the entertainment biz, but the root of my happiness comes from my neighborhood, NYC. — Adrian Grenier Copy Share Image
I met Keith Haring at SVA college where he was having an art show, later we had a group art show at… — Steve Kaufman Copy Share Image
I was also reminded of one of the unique charms of NYC in the summer: vast piles of rotting garbage piled on… — Andrew Sullivan Copy Share Image
“As filthy as any night was, a New York City morning is always clean. The eyes get washed. Flowers in white deli… — Jardine Libaire Copy Share Image
“Oh, Williamsburg. There was a point when you seemed like a scary, tough neighborhood, but now it's obvious that the graffiti on… — Imogen Binnie Copy Share Image
NYC Marathon cancelled: runners are scrambling to find some other meaningless accomplishment to use as a proxy for control over their lives. — Nils Parker Copy Share Image
“Probably everything in my life comes back to a feeling of abandonment, and this city never abandons you.” — Ann Douglas Copy Share Image
I did in fact take a couple of classes at my local college here in NYC. But I did it unwillingly and… — Lewis Schiff Copy Share Image
“This morning I wake to the blue-white light of an approaching spring in New York: the kind of light that promises it… — Tre Miller Rodriguez Copy Share Image
“THE BEST SINGERS ARE THOSE WHO WERE TOLD BY "LIFE" THAT THEY DIDN'T HAVE A REASON TO SING OR REJOICE BUT THEY… — Qwana M. "BabyGirl" Reynolds-Frasier Copy Share Image
“We pick the people who populate our personal lives as much for who they make us as for who they are. I… — Zack Love Copy Share Image
I'm shocked at how early everything closes here. But people start earlier. I miss the late nightlife in NYC, but then again… — Neil Patrick Harris Copy Share Image
Half of NYC's homeless populations are families.Homeless people have been ignored for too long. I'll just say this: If you are a… — Paul Bettany Copy Share Image