Carry Quote by Mohsin Hamid

The more traumatic events you endure with the city, the more of a New Yorker you become.

— Trevor Moore

The violence in New York feels really mundane and banal to me. Whereas in the privacy of one's own home, say, like the farm…

— Elizabeth Neel

You don't even realize how much stress you're under living in a big city until you pack up and go somewhere else for an…

— Kim Wayans

I moved to New York City for my health. I'm paranoid and it was the only place where my fears were justified.

— Anita Weiss

In a lot of ways, New York isn't the city I moved to back in 1979. I'm old enough to separate my nostalgia for…

— Bill de Blasio

How do you prevent attacks from becoming the very fabric of lived life in a city? Of course it's very easy to say you…

— Karan Mahajan

It's true you have to screen out a lot living in the city. I stayed away from New York for a long time after…

— Lynne Tillman

I love New York, but it's a rough city. It's not dangerous now the way it was in the 70's or the 80's, but…

— Greta Gerwig

Interesting survey in the current Journal of Abnormal Psychology: New York City has a higher percentage of people you shouldn't make any sudden moves…

— David Letterman

Tensions and violence in cities across America are reminders of how quickly communities can erupt with an absence of social trust.

— Stanley A. McChrystal

I'm always thinking about how what I'm doing is affecting the people around me. As a New Yorker, you have to be that way.

— Bobby Berk

Cities are drivers of growth and wealth, and at the same time, cities are becoming increasingly violent.

— Peter Maurer