Because it's in and about New York City, I knew 'Ex Machina' was going to have to continually mix the mundane and the fantastic.
Cities simply don't have the powers they need to radically innovate in cutting obesity or the number of disaffected teenagers.
As the daughter of immigrants, growing up in New York City, you are either at the table or on the menu.
Shakespeare in the Park is one of the greatest gifts in New York City. You just have to wait for the tickets - and it's worth the wait.
It's obvious that St. Louis has certain advantages compared to other cities: namely, a concentration of financial services.
I don't know if it matters what country you're from, size of the city you're from, urban or rural, there are people that are hurting each other everywhere.
I grew up in the East Village, in Alphabet City, when it was a very dangerous neighborhood. To survive there, I had to learn to be a little bit invisible.
they'd become unaccustomed to the brightness of their own city, and, faced with it now in all its intensity, they cupped their hands over their eyes as if staring into the sun.
I grew up in one of the most deprived parts of Britain. I know the problems which inner-city children face.
I have bizarre anxiety about being in a city - I have no idea who I am or where I am.
We've achieved this feeling, for instance, with the colors. The colors in the park are harmonious with each other, not like in big cities where they don't.
I remember a tour where we played 50 cities in 56 days. We also went to Europe a couple of times.
I really think people understand that in New York City we have high taxes.
I'm always kind of hoping that I'll get a movie that shoots in Alabama so I can go back and kind of get a break from my city life.
I went to Saudi Arabia in 2010, and spent most of my time in Jeddah and the King Abdullah Economic City.
I ran for my first office at 25 against an incumbent city councilman. I took 55% of the vote and became the youngest councilman in the area at the time.
My boyfriend and I don't get to live in the same city all the time, and the fact that I can text him or call him or even Skype with him is so wonderful.
In many ways, our campaign this year will be the same as last time: We're still going to focus on fixing up basics and cleaning up ethics at City Hall.
In a big city like L.A. you can spend a lot of time surrounded by hundreds of people yet you feel like an alien or a ghost or something.
Apparently, there's a little red demon dwarf that haunts the city, and before every major bad thing that's happened, it's appeared to somebody. Last time, he appeared in a Cadillac.
If you're not in a major city, many bands don't come your way, and you have to really travel to see them.
