Chris Quote by Robert Mankoff

It is difficult to offend a New Yorker.

— Alan Dershowitz

I knew I didn't want to come out in the 'New Yorker'; it just felt wrong. It needed an African conversation.

— Binyavanga Wainaina

The stereotype of New Yorkers is that we're people who avoid warm human interaction, we're always in too much of a rush to enjoy…

— Chris Gethard

New Yorkers are either the nicest or the rudest.

— Janet McTeer

There's that stigma about New Yorkers, how they're so mean, but in my experience it was quite the opposite. People were very genuine and…

— Taylor Kitsch

The more New Yorkers like something, the more disgusted they are. "The kitchen was all Sub-Zero: I want to kill myself. The building has…

— Tina Fey

People say New Yorkers can't get along. Not true. I saw two New Yorkers, complete strangers, sharing a cab. One guy took the tires…

— David Letterman

New Yorkers, I figured, just pretended to be unfriendly.

— Jeannette Walls

Sometimes with 'The New Yorker,' they have grammar rules that just don't feel right in my mouth.

— David Sedaris

When New Yorkers tell one about the dangers of their city, the muggings, the dinner parties to which no one turns up for fear…

— Jonathan Raban

If you're born and raised a New Yorker, you're probably pretty to-the-point, and you don't care so much about hurting people's feelings as you…

— Elvis Duran

People have a negative impression of New York that I don't think is quite fair.

— Billy Graham