Citizens Quote by Alma Guillermoprieto

I don't feel American. I do feel like a New Yorker. I think there's a real distinction there. A city allows you to become…

— Salman Rushdie

When you live in New York, one of two things happen - you either become a New Yorker, or you feel more like the…

— Al Franken

I'm a New Yorker. Matter of fact, the more I'm in places like Texas and California, the more I know I'm a New Yorker.…

— Garry Winogrand

You have to be a xenophile at heart to be a true New Yorker.

— Chris Diamantopoulos

Technically, I'm a New Yorker.

— Charlie Day

I'm a New Yorker. I never thought I'd say that.

— Bill Cowher

I'm always pointing things out to native New Yorkers that I think are weird about this place and their culture and all that. But…

— Adrian Tomine

Unless you're born here, I don't know if you can ever become a full New Yorker.

— Trevor Moore

I definitely feel like a native New Yorker. My personality was formed there.

— Nicole Holofcener

I feel very comfortable in New York, in a city where there is no such thing as 'nationality.'

— Bernard Tschumi

If I was not born in this lifetime in New York, certainly in a previous life, I was a New Yorker.

— Santiago Calatrava

As a New Yorker, I'm someone who lives on an island and looks across to America.

— Laurie Anderson