American Quote by Edward Rutherfurd

I moved to New York in the 1970s and started writing when I was at the Whitney Museum Independent Study Program.

— Jenny Holzer

I spend a lot of time writing in New York.

— Keren Ann

I think New York is a good place to write in general because it's a grid. It's organized. You know where you are on…

— Alex Turner

I wanted to start something in New York that focused on making products locally and, because I'd just had my second child, didn't want…

— Maria Cornejo

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

— Jennifer Westfeldt

Eventually, I decided that if I was going to really write a novel, I couldn't do it in New York City while holding down…

— Rachel Kushner

I know that New York is big - there are huge buildings - but, in fact, it's quite small and contained... I like it…

— Benjamin Clementine

I started writing about New York as soon as I arrived. I was 19. I used to write short stories and send them out.

— Candace Bushnell

I want to be heavily tied to a city that I write for every week, that knows my stuff and I can interact with.

— Joel Stein

I had this grand plan for writing the history of the United States in six volumes. This was in the mid-1990s; I was fairly…

— H. W. Brands

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

I always write well in New York.

— David Bowie