Direct Quote by George C. Wolfe

I spend a lot of time writing in New York.

— Keren Ann

I always write well in New York.

— David Bowie

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

New York was breaking my concentration and disintegrating my thoughts.

— George Murray

I feel so at home in New York that I don't have the urge to write about it.

— Italo Calvino

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

I love New York. It 'as made me who I am, know what I mean?

— Prodigy

New York was scary, coming from the Midwest. At first, I thought I'd come in all cocky, like, 'I'm gonna bring this town to…

— Chris Farley

A lot of the time when I write about the person that I love, I feel like I'm writing about New York.

— Lana Del Rey

I've never thought about the con of living in New York as a writer. Because I always think, Oh, what fun to be around…

— Victoria Chang

There's always going to be something about coming back to New York because I'm from New York. It takes me back to my childhood.

— Billy Donovan

I'd excluded New York from my writing, and then I came back and I fell in love with it all over again. The energy…

— Jonathan Lethem