Am Quote by Said Sayrafiezadeh

Pittsburgh was even more vital, more creative, more hungry for culture than New York. Pittsburgh was the birthplace of my writing.

— Willa Cather

Pittsburgh was a wonderful place to grow up - diverse and complex, one could go from one culture to a completely different one in…

— Frances Arnold

I first moved to New York, like many twenty-somethings before me, to be a grown up. I was attending an MFA program in the…

— Rebecca Serle

I could never imagine myself living anywhere but Pittsburgh.

— Bruno Sammartino

I'm inspired as a writer by any place where I've lived for a significant amount of time that have memories, my past, and stories…

— David Duchovny

I was born in Philadelphia, and I've tried to escape that city all my life. I end up writing plays that force me back…

— Lyle Kessler

I loved experiencing city life in New York.

— Quvenzhane Wallis

Early on in life I knew that I was a writer, that I just wanted to write, I love books, I love literature and…

— Robert Greene

Just growing up in Pittsburgh and knowing different neighborhoods, having family there and just loving it, it's like no other place.

— Wiz Khalifa

“Pittsburgh. I'd been there. One of the most underrated cities in North America. People who'd never been there thought of it as a graveyard…

— Steven Brust

I am always nostalgic being in New York. Every neighborhood represents something to me. I lived here until I was 60 years old or…

— Stan Lee

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