Life Quote by Paul Bowles

New York is traditional New York, you know what I'm saying? It's the stomping ground of the hustlers and go-getters

— Busta Rhymes

It's true that what you find in New York is something other than America. Only small towns and small countries are self-satisfied; a real…

— Simone de Beauvoir

“New York presented a paradox. While foreigners thought of New York has the symbol of America, many Americans viewed the city with some suspicion…

— Charles Emmerson

“And you can fool yourself if you’re raised in New York. Think that somehow your birthplace alone makes you cosmopolitan. But it isn’t true.…

— Victor LaValle

New York is rich in culture, cuisine, and commerce.

— Patricia Marx

New York is a city where it's particularly hard to be poor, not only because everything costs twice as much as it does elsewhere…

— Anna Quindlen

New York is just New York. It's a hard city, it's a hard city to live in. It's a desperate city. It's filled with…

— Scott Cohen

“How New York has fallen off during the last forty years! Its intellect and culture have been diluted and swamped by a great flood-tide…

— Stephen Birmingham

It is often said that New York is a city for only the very rich and the very poor. It is less often said…

— Joan Didion

If New York has just become a mall for the world, then what's the difference between being here and somewhere else?

— El-P

New York has definitely turned into more of, like, a hipster place.

— Justine Skye

I live in Brooklyn, and I love all the hipsters and all the artisanal bacon you can get here now. I consider New York…

— Julie White