“I grew up as a really sick kid; I had really bad childhood asthma and was at home all the time in New York.” HomeKidsChildhoodNew YorkGrewGrew UpSickAsthmaSick Kids Author:Josh Peck
“I'm a Brooklyn boy. I was born in Brooklyn, New York, and raised there, and spent most of my childhood there.” BornBoysChildhoodNew YorkRaisedBrooklynBrooklyn New York Author:Robert Jay Lifton
“When I was 11, I moved to the United States with my two brothers and my mom. We moved to northern New York, up near the Canadian border, from Argentina, and there was nobody there that spoke Spanish, and because there was no internet at the time, not even cable TV yet, I lost the connection with my childhood friends and the culture I had been brought up with for my first decade completely.” FirstsTwoStatesCultureLostUnitedUnited StatesChildhoodNew YorkBrotherTvsMomInternetConnectionsMovedMy MomDecadesBordersSpokesCablesArgentinaTwo BrothersCable TvChildhood Friend Author:Viggo Mortensen
“My whole childhood was filled with classical music and going to concerts of the New York Philharmonic and other New York ensembles and organizations, but interestingly, I didn't become conscious of wanting to be a musician until I was about 11. I was a rather late starter.” WholeChildhoodNew YorkLateMusicianConsciousOrganizationFilledConcertsClassical MusicEnsembleStarters Author:Gunther Schuller
“New York rushed to get students into early childhood programs, but the research is clear that it has to be high quality. What we are giving poor kids now in early childhood is nothing like what we are giving middle-class kids in most places.” GivingKidsPoorQualityClassClearChildhoodMiddleNew YorkStudentsResearchProgramMiddle ClassHigh QualityEarly Childhood Author:Pedro Noguera
“Sometimes I just play the theme from Arthur. It reminds me of my childhood in New York and I just love it.” SometimesPlayChildhoodNew YorkThemeArthur Author:Nicolas Winding Refn
“[Immigrating] didn't burn out my desire to travel, though that can happen. There's nothing like immigration to make you want to just stay put. But what I think of as home is this life between Santo Domingo and the parts of New Jersey and New York City that were my childhood, so in my mind it's like home is all those things combined.” ThinkingWantMindHomeHappensDesireCitiesChildhoodNew YorkImmigrationThis LifeNew York CityJerseyNew JerseyBurn Out Author:Junot Diaz
“I'm drawn to write about upstate New York in the way in which a dreamer might have recurring dreams. My childhood and girlhood were spent in upstate New York, in the country north of Buffalo and West of Rochester. So this part of New York state is very familiar to me and, with its economic difficulties, has become emblematic of much of American life.” WayWritingCountryStatesDreamMightEconomicChildhoodNew YorkDifficultyWestFamiliarDreamerAmerican LifeBuffaloRecurringGirlhoodRochesterNew York StateUpstate New YorkRecurring Dreams Author:Joyce Carol Oates
“I think of New York City lost in stars forgotten as a blue haired pet of childhood love Tonight the night is full.” ThinkingNightLostStarsCitiesChildhoodNew YorkBlueForgottenPetTonightNew York City Book:The Happy Birthday of Death Source: The Happy Birthday of Death
“My childhood is completely... when I look back, it was '50s in New York, upper-middle class, it was completely idyllic and golden and wonderful - sweet in every way.” WayLooksClassWonderfulChildhoodMiddleNew YorkSweetGoldenMiddle ClassIdyllicUpper Middle Class Author:Peter Jurasik