Quote by Whit Stillman

“Unlike New York or Chicago, once you were inside Boston, any point in the city was fairly convenient to any other.”

— Matthew Pearl

“By comparison with other less hectic days, the city is uncomfortable and inconvenient; but New Yorkers temperamentally do not crave comfort and convenience- if…

— E B White

New York used to be so much more than just a place to shop. It was life on the street for the eccentrics; it…

— Chris Noth

“Most New Yorkers spent their lives somewhere between the fruit cart and the fifth floor. To see the city from a few hundred feet…

— Amor Towles

“I was lucky to live in New York when it was dangerous and edgy and cheap enough to play host to young, penniless artists.…

— Edmund White

“Everyone loves New York City for all these different reasons. The culture. The mix of people. The pace. The food. But for me, it's…

— Gayle Forman

There is more sophistication and less sense in New York than anywhere else on the globe.

— Don Herold

“One of those out-of-the-ordinary days that made sense of the slew of ordinary days. New York had a way of doing that. Every now…

— Colum McCann

“Boston itself was a flea market of racism. It had all varieties, old and new. The city had corrupt, city hall-crony racists, brick-throwing, send-’em-back-to-Africa…

— Bill Russell

“They say New York is the city that never sleeps. Boston, on the other hand, is the city that gets drunk in the middle…

— Julie Johnson

“that was New York for you, always changing. New groups of people came in on a daily basis. Some people liked it, some people…

— Heather Graham

“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