Aspect Quote by Charles Horton Cooley

Chicago is seen as everything that Trump detests, which I think kind of reflects really well on the city I think, because it's a…

— Irvine Welsh

“The Chicago Sun-Times is a national leader in two areas: 1) Denying that racial mob violence exists, and 2) Explaining why it does. When…

— Colin Flaherty

Was everybody seeing this stuff and acting as though they weren't? Was insanity just a matter of dropping the act?

— Susanna Kaysen

Some of the worst neighborhoods are so physically isolated, and more than anything, they're spiritually isolated. They're so close and yet so far. A…

— Alex Kotlowitz

“Every town has a psychopath or two. Not just the everyday crazy person, either. Not like Crazy Larry, the paint huffing weirdo peddling around…

— Nikki Ferguson

A lot of people get Chicago wrong. I've developed this protective feeling about how we're portrayed, and at the same time, I'm acutely aware…

— Jamila Woods

Chicago, I feel, is a microcosm for the segregated, violent environment that is America. I try to not only speak about these things in…

— Vic Mensa

I feel like Chicago it's so different, we have a different story to tell, we are seeing these things happen in this city every…

— Polo G

Knowing that more people associate Chicago with street violence than generosity is difficult for me because, despite all my proclamations of being from the…

— W. Kamau Bell

I would say any behavior that is not the status quo is interpreted as insanity, when, in fact, it might actually be enlightenment. Insanity…

— Chuck Palahniuk

I always found the Chicago audience to be a smart, fast-moving, violent and cheerful lot, and it's always good to be back.

— Henry Rollins

That's the thing about New York, the streets of New York are crazy!

— Dave Portnoy