When I write, I aim in my mind not toward New York but toward a vague spot a little to the east of Kansas.
An ethics of desire is good news for those of us who have become allergic to an ethics of law.
A lot of Texans go up to New York and stay there forever. If there are any two places with more individual characters, I don't know them.
Coming from New York, you're kind of indoctrinated with anti-L.A. sentiment, but California is just a really dope state.
I'm a terrible cook. I am not allowed to go in the kitchen anymore after I almost burned down the apartment in New York.
The newness effect of a new thing wears off in nine months to a year, but financial security can last a lifetime.
That's what's interesting about the Lower East Side: It's New York, but it's also edgy. It's not as stuffy as Tribeca or Soho.
And so by the fifteenth century, on October 8, the Europeans were looking for a new place to try to get to, and they came up with a new concept: the West.
I came to New York to be a fine artist - that was my ambition.
New York is the meeting place of the peoples, the only city where you can hardly find a typical American.
To thrive in this new age of hyper-change and growing uncertainty, it is now an imperative to learn a new competency — how to accurately anticipate the future.
My boyfriend is Italian and from New Jersey, so naturally he was thrilled to meet Joe Pesci.
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My mother came here to New York. She and my grandmother were domestics, cooking, cleaning for other people.
New York is a place where the rich walk, the poor drive Cadillac's, and the beggars die of malnutrition with thousands of dollars hidden in their mattresses.
Nashville is only a couple of hours from New York, and people just move at a slower pace there - and they don't care who you are or what you do.
I get 'USA Today,' the 'New York Times,' 'Wall Street Journal' and the 'Star-Telegram' at my doorstep. I can't do without them.
I try to stay as private as possible; I know that's difficult, especially playing here in New York, but I make an attempt at it.
I considered moving to New York or Los Angeles, but they're two of the hardest places to move to when you're just starting out in a band.
New York... when civilization falls apart, remember, we were way ahead of you.
My past is not pleasant; I grew up in a very tough town, Waterbury, Connecticut. I grew up in New York, too, but Waterbury was tougher.
