“There is something about big cities that turns me on, and for whatever mysterious reason, places like New York and Paris inspire me. I think it's because cities represent civilization, and as crime-ridden and broken down as some of them are, it's still better than skipping through a meadow.” ThinkingStillsReasonBigsTurnsCitiesCrimeNew YorkInspireBrokenCivilizationMysteriousParisMeadowsBig CitiesBroken DownTurn Me Author:Woody Allen
“New York's architecture alone is enough to inspire a whole album. In fact, that's what happened at first - my early stuff was mostly just interpretations of landscapes.” FirstsEnoughWholeFactsStuffHappenedNew YorkInspireAlbumsArchitectureLandscapeInterpretation Author:Lana Del Rey
“Nature; it always inspires me. Living in New York, it can get quite stressful sometimes, so on the weekends, I like to go hiking.” SometimesNew YorkInspireWeekendHikingStressful Author:Valentina Zelyaeva
“As a kid, so many films made me want to travel... the New York of 'Ghostbusters', the Shanghai that 'Indiana Jones' swung a few punches in. However, if I had to name one film that inspires travel, it would have to be 'E.T.' - especially if I could do it by flying BMX as he did...!” IfsWantMadeKidsFilmNamesNew YorkInspireFlyingIf I CouldIndianaWant To TravelShanghaiBmx Author:Danny Wallace
“Just because life is hard, and always ends in a bad way, doesn't mean that all stories have to, even if that's what they tell us in school and in the New York Times Review. In fact, it's a good thing that stories are as different as we are, one from another.” IfsWayLifeMeanDifferentEndsHardFactsStoriesSchoolLife IsNew YorkInspireGood ThingsReviewsNew York TimesLife Is Hard Book:Sundays at Tiffany's Source: Sundays at Tiffany's