“In New York and LA, there is sort of that silent competition to be on the cutting edge of something.” CuttingNew YorkCompetitionSilentEdgesCutting EdgeGroup Therapy Author:Sloane Crosley
“I have come to understand myself as more of a New York writer, or more of a woman writer, but I don't feel like that while I'm writing. But I think that most New Yorkers would object to calling me a New Yorker. I didn't grow up here.” ThinkingFeelsWritingGrowsGrowing UpNew YorkObjectsCallingNew Yorkers Author:Sloane Crosley
“Cats and their owners are on a private, exclusive loop of affection. Thus cats have become symbolic of a community eschewed and a hyper-engagement with oneself. They represent the profound danger of growing so independent in New York that it's not merely that you don't need anyone - it's that you don't know how to need anyone.” KnowsNeedsCommunityKnow HowGrowingDangerNew YorkCatIndependentProfoundOneselfAffectionOwnersEngagementExclusiveSymbolicLoopsHyper Author:Sloane Crosley
“Everything in New York seems to merit preserving. If it's not historical, it's personal. If it's not personal, it's cultural. But you can't. You can't save everything. You just have to pack it up in your brain and take it with you when you go.” IfsSeemsBrainNew YorkHistoricalMeritPacks Author:Sloane Crosley
“I do think New York prepares you for the crossection of personalities and realities on display when you leave the country, and I'd live somewhere else if I had a reason or burning-the-the-point-of-discomfort desire to do so.” IfsThinkingCountryReasonRealityDesireNew YorkPersonalityBurningDisplaySomewhere ElseDiscomfort Author:Sloane Crosley
“I now know my right from my left and my up from my down. Unluckily, my terrible sense of direction remains. For me, to live in New York City is to never be able to meet someone on the northeast corner. It is to never ever make a smooth entrance, always to get caught looking lost on the street.” KnowsAbleLostLeftCitiesStreetsNew YorkTerribleRemainsCaughtCornersNew York CitySmoothEntrances Author:Sloane Crosley
“In New York and L.A., there is sort of that silent competition to be on the cutting edge of something. You end up having a conversation with how the world receives your work, especially if you are writing narrative, not fiction. Sometimes it is an awkward conversation. It's like group therapy.” IfsWorldWritingEndsSometimesFictionCuttingGroupsNew YorkConversationCompetitionSilentEdgesNarrativeTherapyAwkwardCutting EdgeGroup Therapy Author:Sloane Crosley
“In New York, if you weigh under 200 pounds and decline so much as a cookie at a co-worker's party, women will flock to your side, assuring you of your appealing physique. This is how skittish we are about the dangers of anorexia and the pressures of body image.” IfsBodySidesPartyDangerNew YorkPressureWorkersPoundsDeclineBody ImageCookiesFlocksYour SideAnorexiaCo WorkerPhysique Author:Sloane Crosley
“My grandmother was a kind of Scarsdale, New York, society woman, best known in her day as the author of the 1959 book 'Growing Your Own Way: An Informal Guide for Teen-Agers' - this despite being a person whose parenting style made Joan Crawford's wire hangers look like pool noodles.” WayLooksKindPersonsMadeBookKnownGrowingStyleNew YorkGuidesDespiteGrandmotherPoolMy GrandmotherWireNoodlesHangersParenting Styles Author:Sloane Crosley
“Sometimes in New York, you're walking down the street and you realize there's a girl walking in front of you whose thighs you could hit a golf ball through, and maybe that makes you depressed.” SometimesGirlRealizingStreetsFrontsNew YorkWalkingBallsGolfImperfectAdulthoodThighsRefreshingGolf Ball Author:Sloane Crosley
