Brooklyn Quote by Gayle Forman

Mike Tyson is the most complex person I've ever met in my life. I've known Mike since 1986. We're both from Brooklyn. I didn't…

— Spike Lee

Brooklyn is a very weird borough.

— Keeth Smart

I love the little garden in the back of my family's brownstone in Brooklyn. Digging out there in the dirt is a joy for…

— Siri Hustvedt

Brooklyn, where I grew up, is a competitive burg - there's always a pretty boy around the corner there, and you gotta look better…

— Theophilus London

Coming from Haiti and growing up in Brooklyn, there's a lot of European influence when I get dressed up. I wear a lot of…

— Wyclef Jean

No, I ain't a star - I'm just a kid from Brooklyn, living his dream.

— Astro

Brooklyn is not the easiest place to grow up in, although I wouldn't change that experience for anything.

— Neil Diamond

My childhood here... was very limited. So it was a long, long time before I actually went out to Brooklyn.

— Frank McCourt

My father grew up in Brooklyn, N.Y., with my grandparents. In Norwegian my name is pronounced 'Yoo' but my father used to call me…

— Jo Nesbo

Comparing the Brooklyn that I know with Manhattan is like comparing a comfortable and complacent duenna to her more brilliant and neurotic sister.

— Carson McCullers

We wept, Brooklyn was a lovely place to hit. If you got a ball in the air, you had a chance to get it…

— Duke Snider

Bob Smith from Brooklyn is a guy who sometimes gets hung with problems and fears. Wolfman Jack is a happy-go-lucky guy who knows how…

— Wolfman Jack