Big cities Quote by John Hodgman

“The city had seemed like a great place to discover who you are. It just seemed that there was a lot to experience here,…

— Sari Botton

“I began to consider, upon the thought of "permanently" relocating, everything New York had made me. When I arrived, I was like a half-carved…

— Jacob Tomsky

There's very little you're not exposed to in New York City, in terms of ideas and physical things - sights, sounds, smells, different kinds…

— Olivia Thirlby

“I had come to New York when I was seventeen because—and maybe I was not fully conscious of this then—the city had seemed like…

— Rayhane Sanders

“New York always feels more like my hometown than the places where I actually grew up (which weren't far from New York), perhaps because…

— Terri Windling

“One of the more unpleasant aspects of living in New York City is how daily proximity to wealth and glamour can instill a desire…

— Kate Bolick

Growing up in New York is like living in a horror museum because there are so many strange people walking the streets and riding…

— Christopher Walken

I really believe that you grow up a certain way in New York. There's a New York morality, a sense of loyalty. You know…

— James Caan

Now, it is much more difficult for young people coming to New York. But also when you're young, you have more time to interact…

— Kiki Smith

New York is a city where people are ambitious. They want things.

— Candace Bushnell

“The trick of enjoying New York is not to be so busy grinding your way to the center of the earth that you fail…

— David Carr

“I know second-generation New Yorkers who have never been to Brooklyn;”

— Pete Hamill