City Quote by Cord Jefferson

Odd things happen in New York, which is why it's such a great source of stories.

— Sophie Blackall

There are certain things that happen in New York that just don't happen anywhere else.

— Paul Beatty

A lot of writers choose to live in New York, partly because of the literary culture here, and partly because Brooklyn's a pretty nice…

— Chad Harbach

I seem to only write New York stories because it's the only thing that inspires or interests me.

— Jennifer Westfeldt

If you can't write like New York, you have no business living in New York and making New York the locale of your stories.

— James M. Cain

True New Yorkers do not really seek information about the outside world. They feel that if anything is not in New York it is…

— Jimmy Breslin

There's something about New York. You can get a nice feeling of belonging as a writer here. It's probably the best city on Earth…

— Geoff Dyer

New York is an exciting town where something is happening all the time, most unsolved.

— Johnny Carson

You can have a lot of New York and still see what's going on in the rest of the world, I think - like…

— Diana Ross

New York is a city where you're so alone, you're an individual, you can disappear. You can make something happen. But it's very different…

— Ai Weiwei

If I look at it, it's about being able to get lost in New York, to explore the city, to have more personal stories…

— Keren Ann

New York is a galaxy of adventure at once elegant, exciting and bizarre. It's a city that moves so fast, it takes energy just…

— Barbara Walters