Book Quote by David Grann

Practically everybody in New York has half a mind to write a book, and does.

— Groucho Marx

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

— Jennifer Westfeldt

I wanted to be a literary writer, so I wrote story after story and sent them to 'The New Yorker.'

— Diane Mott Davidson

The thing about living in New York as a writer is that you hit that age where it feels like everyone has a book…

— Mary H.K. Choi

New York is great for writers insofar as you can pay someone to bring you food, to take your washing out and bring it…

— Nick Laird

The thing about New York stories that many storytellers often forget is that they can take place anywhere in the world. That's because for…

— Cord Jefferson

I spend a lot of time writing in New York.

— Keren Ann

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

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

— Sophie Blackall

'The New Yorker's fiction podcast I like a lot, where they have authors pick short stories by other authors that appeared in 'The New…

— Gillian Jacobs

“It's the whole country that makes or breaks a thing like this. New York has very little to do with it. Now if it…

— William Dean Howells

I always write well in New York.

— David Bowie