After that, I started going downtown and doing a lot of theater shows in Chicago. When you go downtown there, it's like… — Kel Mitchell Copy Share Image
I grew up in New York, and I've always been surrounded by fashion. My grandmother used to write for 'Vogue' in the… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Buying an apartment in New York was beyond my wildest dreams. I had to scrape together every cent to buy it. And… — John Searles Copy Share Image
The whole British invasion sort of changed my life. It made me want to move to New York. — Bebe Buell Copy Share Image
I did everything pretty cliche as an actor in New York. I read the trades, I sent out 'head shots.' — Nicole Ari Parker Copy Share Image
I love New York City because there's something to do 24/7, something that will make you see things in a whole different… — Dianne Reeves Copy Share Image
When you live in a house in L.A., you feel so isolated. You urge yourself to go and find the nooks and… — Fab Moretti Copy Share Image
Brooklyn has a bit of everything - some of the most beautiful things in America, and some of the most wretched, ugly,… — Paul Auster Copy Share Image
I'm from the Midwest, and I loved my family. I had a very good time as a child, but I was also… — Bob Balaban Copy Share Image
I grew up hearing stories about how my maternal grandfather had put himself through engineering school in New York City. He saved… — Jason Kilar Copy Share Image
I think you're lucky if you discover what you really love at a young age. College wasn't something I was going to… — Gary Sinise Copy Share Image
It's difficult because Manhattan is so fantastic, and it's 9 miles away, and all these cool rich people live there and have… — James Gray Copy Share Image
“Depending on your point of view, Jersey City was the rose, or possibly the thorn, of the Garden State. It is so… — Captain Hank Bracker, "Seawater One Copy Share Image
When I go home to Iowa, people assume I live in this very big anonymous place where no one knows each other… — Peter Hedges Copy Share Image
New York! The white prisons, the sidewalks swarming with maggots, the breadlines, the opium joints that are built like palaces, the kikes… — Henry Miller Copy Share Image
“Most New Yorkers spent their lives somewhere between the fruit cart and the fifth floor. To see the city from a few… — Amor Towles Copy Share Image
The city [ LA] is kind of going through an interesting transition; sort of renaissance time where there is so much going… — Tamara Mellon Copy Share Image
Me, my literary reputation is mostly abroad, but I am anchored here in New York. I can't think of any other place… — Harold Brodkey Copy Share Image
Being from New York, everybody's a point guard. Even when you play in the park, you've got to know how to handle… — Joakim Noah Copy Share Image
“This (San Francisco) is the most beautiful city in America, Probably because it looks nothing like America” — Ilya Ilf, Yevgeni Petrov Copy Share Image
New York is a fun town to go out in. During my twenties and into my thirties I had a good time… — Will Ferrell Copy Share Image
Sometimes in L.A., we get accused of being superficial. I feel like Portland's the opposite, in that there's a greater depth of… — Ruben Fleischer Copy Share Image
One of the reasons I stay in New York is because you're always around so many other types of arts, and it's… — Chris Gethard Copy Share Image
To every New Yorker in Kensington and Midwood and Hunts Point, know this: This city is your city, and this democracy is… — Zohran Mamdani Copy Share Image
I don't want to live in Los Angeles. The city depresses me! It is too flat. There are too many cars. — Audrey Tautou Copy Share Image
In New York City we have the biggest police force in the country. We have 35,000 uniformed officers. We're able to mass… — Raymond Kelly Copy Share Image
L.A. is so isolated and unhip in a way; it gives you room to figure out who you are and explore more… — Mike Mills Copy Share Image
New York has always prided itself on its bad manners. That is the real source of our strength. — Gertrude Atherton Copy Share Image
My favorite thing of all time is a New York City weekend when there's a blizzard. Everything gets really quiet, and everyone… — Idina Menzel Copy Share Image
“Wasn't Atlanta the murder capital of the U.S. last year?" "Yes, but the airport's perfectly safe.” — Pat Conroy Copy Share Image
I live in Tuxedo Park, N.Y. and spend time in the West Village, where my wife Elizabeth Cotnoir, a writer-producer and documentary… — Howard Shore Copy Share Image
I'm not sure I can think of any scenario more enjoyable than making 55,000 people from New York shut up. — Curt Schilling Copy Share Image
I actually got discovered in my hometown of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania by a man who worked at a place that sold barbecue sandwiches! — George Benson Copy Share Image
I find NY very inspiring, there is an amazing energy and flow of creativity in NY like nowhere else. — Charlotte Ronson Copy Share Image
I was born in Illinois, but I call Beaver Dam my home town. That's where I graduated from high school and started… — Fred MacMurray Copy Share Image
New Yorkers always hate LA! I love both cities! I do love the sunshine and the beach after growing up in rainy… — Louise Roe Copy Share Image
New York City is one of the best cities in the world for walking: it's virtually impossible to get lost. — Philomena Kwao Copy Share Image
I like to think Portland and L.A. are not rivals; they're cousins. As cities on the West Coast, they're distinct in their… — Fred Armisen Copy Share Image
I'm still in love with New York. It's like a dream: there's so much to do, so much culture. — J Balvin Copy Share Image
I had always wanted to tell a story that was set in Los Angeles in the '50s, because that's where I grew… — Curtis Hanson Copy Share Image