Burying Quote by Alan Arkin

I left the Midwest thinking I didn't fit in. But when I got to New York, I realized how truly Midwestern I was.

— Jim Gaffigan

In America, we're kind of lazy. But in New York, it's one of those places where you see the majority of people hustling. If…

— Kid Cudi

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

I love New York, and I'm drawn to a certain intensity of life, but I've just never felt like I want to escape from…

— Garrison Keillor

I think I was made to live in New York. I love it.

— AnnaSophia Robb

If you can make it there, you'll make it anywhere; it's up to you, New York, New York.

— Frank Sinatra

I kind of cherish at least the idea of Midwestern candor and openness. But I couldn't live there.

— James Polshek

I just feel like I'm made for New York.

— Marcus Morris

When I went to New York to try and make it, I never thought it wouldn't happen.

— Carol Burnett

I could have moved anywhere I wanted to. But for family reasons, I stayed in the Midwest.

— Rick Nielsen

I was also thinking that I only had a certain amount of time to make music and to spend it in that city. And…

— Roy Montgomery

New York exists for me. Not me for it.

— Scott McClanahan