“I love New York for being New York. I love L.A. for being L.A. But when it comes home, I'm a Midwest, South type of dude. I like open roads, I like to drive, and it may not be as fast, but it's definitely a place where you get to appreciate a lot more. Not saying that you don't up here, but that's not what I'm accustomed to.” MayHomeNew YorkTypeAppreciateSouthComing HomeAccustomedMidwestI Love New YorkOpen Road Author:Nelly
“I don't go home and pretend I'm August rather than just the actual lines I'm saying in the film. If you do it that way, it makes it more natural and second nature. After awhile you get used to it and there's so much, especially being in New York to film; you're always surrounded by American people.” PeopleIfsWayHomeFilmUsedNaturalLinesNew YorkAugust Author:Freddie Highmore
“On a daily basis, my home life is very simple. I spend about 2 hours every morning reading the newspaper. As my two assistants will tell you, I don't come to work in the mornings, for two reasons. First, I want to be informed - that means I go through The New York Times every day, and then I watch some news on television. The second is, mornings are the best time to communicate with my clients abroad.” WantFirstsMeanTwoReasonHomeLife IsReadingHoursSimpleWatchesMorningNew YorkTelevisionNewsBasesCommunicateNewspapersEvery MorningClientsNew York TimesAssistantsBest TimesHome Life Author:I. M. Pei
“I arrived in San Francisco in January 1951. After the Second World War, the population was so uprooted. Soldiers came back home for brief periods and took off again. So the population was very fluid, and suddenly it was as if the continent tilted west. The whole population slid west. It took 10 years for America to coalesce into a new culture. And the new culture happened in San Francisco, not New York.” IfsWorldYearsWarWholeHomeAmericaCultureHappenedNew YorkPeriodsWestSoldierPopulationWar Of The WorldsContinentsSan FranciscoFluidBack HomeJanuarySecond World WarNew Cultures Author:Lawrence Ferlinghetti
“When I came to New York, to Brooklyn, I met Alvin Ailey and Stanley Crouch and August Wilson. They were always putting things in a philosophical context. All the great jazz musicians did, too. There was always a sub-context to what they were saying about music even though they would be very down home and earthy. So I started to develop, in addition to my power and ability to simply hear, a way to place myself in a time.” WayHomeWould BeAbilityNew YorkMetsMusicianPhilosophicalJazzJazz MusicBrooklynAugustWilsonStanleyJazz Musician Author:Wynton Marsalis
“The Columbus Day Parade was held Monday in New York. Columbus was the world's first Democrat. He left not knowing where he was going, arrived not knowing where he was, went home not knowing where he had been, and he did it all on government money.” WorldFirstsHomeGovernmentLeftKnowingNew YorkDemocratNot KnowingMondayParadesColumbusColumbus Day Author:Argus Hamilton
“When I was in New York I heard many people saying that the independent film industry was in big trouble. I was reflecting on this when I came home. Realizing that ever since I started filmmaking, people have being saying that. But somehow it keeps going. Filmmakers keep going. We need stories to make sense of the world and some people like me are driven to tell them. I have faith this will always be possible.” PeopleWorldNeedsStoriesHomeBigsFilmRealizingTroubleHeardNew YorkIndustryIndependentDrivenLike MeMake SenseFilmmakerKeep GoingHave FaithFilmmakingReflectingIndependent FilmFilm Industry Author:Andrea Arnold
“I remember coming to New York, in 1974 to do a play here called Equis. And I remember the first morning getting up and walking around the streets and I thought, "I'm home." I felt really at peace here.” FirstsPlayHomeRememberFeltMorningStreetsNew YorkWalking Author:Anthony Hopkins
“New York will be my home for the rest of my life as far as I'm concerned.” HomeNew YorkConcerned Author:Jeremy Shockey
“Communicating is a bit of a problem. Playing in New York is great but there are times when I feel a long way from home.” WayFeelsLongProblemHomeBitsNew YorkCommunicateLong Way Author:Chien-Ming Wang
“I really thought I wanted to be a musical-comedy star, but I lived in Phoenix and didn't want to go all the way to New York and be that far away from home. So I thought maybe I'd be a rock 'n' roll singer or an opera singer.” WayWantHomeWantedStarsComedyRocksNew YorkMusicalSingersOperaRock N RollFar AwayPhoenixAway From HomeOpera Singers Author:Sandra Bernhard
“There is something very nice about coming to New York and how everyone smiles - even if they don't mean it. When I go back home to London and say hello to people, they look at me like I'm crazy.” PeopleIfsLooksMeanHomeNiceCrazyNew YorkLondonLook At MeHelloVery NiceBack Home Author:Sophie Cookson
“The violence in New York feels really mundane and banal to me. Whereas in the privacy of one's own home, say, like the farm I grew up on in Vermont, the kinds of things that can happen seem much more extreme. Maybe because it's more personal. Or maybe because you block out the things that happen in the city. But it's like seeing things born, live, die, fall apart, and start over again, without any intermediary clean-up steps from some corporate organization.” FeelsKindHomeSeemsHappensDiesFallBornCitiesStepsViolenceSeeingNew YorkGrewGrew UpOrganizationCleanExtremesBlockCorporatePrivacyFarmsFalling ApartStarting OverMundaneVermont Author:Elizabeth Neel
“Museums that aren't perfect are the ones that I love. Museums that aren't overdesigned. I always like to visit the strange, odd museums. In New York, the Frick is absolutely my favorite, favorite place because I like to think that it was someone's home not that long ago.” ThinkingLongHomePerfectNew YorkStrangeMy FavoriteOddMuseumsLong AgoFavorite Places Author:Reed Krakoff
“I was a hoarder, and I got rid of everything. Now nothing comes in my home unless it has a purpose. And decor is not a purpose. Home is New York apartment with a table, a bed and sofas. That's it. Everything else is gone.” HomePurposeGoneNew YorkBedTablesApartmentSofasDecor Author:Linda Evangelista
“It's true that you might be socially isolated because you're reading in the library, at home and so on, but you're intensely alive. In fact you're much more alive than these folk walking the streets of New York in crowds, with no intellectual interrogation and questioning going at all.” FactsHomeMightReadingAliveStreetsNew YorkWalkingIntellectualLibraryFolksCrowdsIsolatedQuestioningInterrogation Author:Cornel West
“Paris is the playwright's delight. New York is the home of directors. London, however, is the actor's city, the only one in the world. In London, actors are given their head.” WorldHomeActorsGivenCitiesNew YorkDirectorsDelightLondonParisPlaywright Author:Orson Welles
“Prostitutes go to jail. Their customers go home and read the New York Times. In this country you're allowed to buy anything. If you need a shirt, you have a right to buy it. If you need sex, you don't. What's more important, sex or a shirt?” IfsNeedsImportantCountryHomeSexNew YorkCustomersShirtsJailNew York Times Author:Jackie Mason
“L.A. is such a different place. I miss New York so much. I almost teared up when I came back and wanted a Guinness and realized I could drink it and take a cab home. I remembered that I could be a functional alcoholic in New York, like I used to be!” DifferentHomeWantedUsedMissingNew YorkDrinkUsed To BeRememberedAlcoholicsDifferent PlaceCabGuinness Author:Donald Glover
“Toronto I've worked in so many times so you kind of just know every store, every hotel, every - it's really close to New York so it's awesome for my children so if I have to go home for two days it doesn't take very much time. Except for Air Canada. Air Canada is the worst part.” IfsKnowsKindChildrenTwoHomeAirWorstNew YorkStoresMy ChildrenCanadaHotelTwo DaysToronto Author:Mary-Louise Parker
“In 1996, the possibility of going to New York came up. From then on, I started searching for opportunities on the international market and the plane became my home.” HomeOpportunityNew YorkPossibilityInternationalPlanes Author:Gisele Bundchen
“All I really want is a three-room house. The home I have designed at my new farm in Bedford, New York, is a three-room house: bedroom on top, living room in the middle, and kitchen on the ground.” WantHomeThreeHouseRoomsMiddleNew YorkKitchenFarmsBedroomLiving Room Author:Martha Stewart
“Growing up in New York, I was sort of shocked when I realized that my children are Californians. They are 14 years old, and I explain to them frequently that they will never realize the glory of a snow day. You wake up and the world says, 'Oops, it's too much fun to go to school, you've got to stay home and deal with the snow!'” WorldYearsChildrenHomeSchoolFunRealizingDealsGrowing UpToo MuchGrowingNew YorkGloryWake UpI RealizedSnowMy ChildrenShockedCaliforniansToo Much FunSnow Day Author:Adam Savage
“Sarah Palin has already had an effect on foreign relations... The new president of Pakistan, Ali Zardari, is in hot water, because last week, Sarah was on a class trip to New York, where she met foreign leaders... And one of the leaders she met was Zardari, and he was gushing over her. He said, oh, you're more gorgeous in person than you are on TV. And so the people in his home country of Pakistan, the Islamists, they issued a fatwa on him, for being too 'flirty.' And when Sarah today was told that Zardari had gotten a fatwa because of her, she said, 'I know, I felt it when he hugged me.'” PeopleKnowsPersonsSaidCountryHomeTodayLastsFeltPresidentWaterLeaderClassWeekEffectsNew YorkTvsMetsRelationHotPakistanGorgeousPalinFlirtyIslamistsHot WaterForeign RelationsHome Country Author:Bill Maher
“I never felt so much at home as I do in New York. I must be a devil.” HomeFeltNew YorkDevil Author:Brendan Behan
“I never leave home without my writing notebook, and get a lot of writing done in transit. One great place to create is while riding the subways of New York City, where I live.” WritingDoneHomeCitiesNew YorkNew York CityRidingNotebookSubway Author:Andrea Davis Pinkney
“I have people who come up to me and say, 'Oh, seeing your work in my little home town in the middle of nowhere on the internet inspired me to move to London, or New York and pursue a creative career.' It makes me quite emotional.” PeopleLittlesHomeMovingCareersCreativeSeeingMiddleNew YorkEmotionalInternetTownsInspiredCome UpLondonPursueMiddle Of NowhereHome Town Author:Kesh
“I lived in New York, and I was the guy who was flying home almost every week, so there was a physical exhaustion and an emotional exhaustion for me, and a need to be home more.” NeedsHomeGuyWeekNew YorkEmotionalFlyingExhaustion Author:Peter Jacobson
“I always think about Katharine Graham - she was the publisher of The Washington Post. In her autobiography she talks about the way her parents met. Her father was, I think, in New York just walking by on his way home and looked into a store and saw the lady that became his wife. It was just pure luck. And she said that it once again reminds her of the role that luck and chance play in our life. I really believe that, too.” ThinkingWayBelieveSaidPlayHomeFatherParentChanceRolesSawsOur LivesWifeNew YorkWalkingMetsPureLuckStoresPostsAutobiographyPublishersWay Home Author:Owen Wilson
“It was ironic that there I was finally painting the pictures I'd always wanted to paint and feeling very much at home in the countryside, and I ended up working in New York City, which is definitely the archetypal city.” FeelingsHomeWantedCitiesNew YorkPaintingPaintNew York CityIronicCountryside Author:Brian Froud
“When I moved to New York, the reputation just followed me, and I am regularly invited to play in home games, by writers in particular, though finance folk also invite me on occasion.” PlayHomeGamesNew YorkParticularMovedFolksReputationFinanceOccasionsInvitesInvited Author:Katy Lederer
“I guess home is where the heart is, as they say. I've moved around the stage a lot - but I had intended on moving to New York anyway so I could live closer to Ireland and to Europe. That's where my sensibility is. This has just facilitated that process.” HeartHomeMovingProcessStageNew YorkEuropeMovedIrelandSensibilityHome Is Where The Heart Is Author:Sean Mahon
“New York feels like a sublet of Europe. And Europe is a sublet of New York. Put it that way. It's so accessible. When I was in LA, I felt so far away from my home. Home, for the moment, is here until it's not. I like to move around with my work. I feel it's a great way to learn about life, about new cultures, and to learn. We'll see where the wind takes me.” WayFeelsMomentsHomeMovingCultureFeltNew YorkWindEuropeTake MeFar AwayHome HomeNew Cultures Author:Sean Mahon
“You can survive in New York without much, if you're careful. You have to make your own food at home, and don't buy a lot of clothes.” IfsHomeNew YorkClothesCareful Author:Ilana Glazer
“Without these tourists, New York would be fantastic. I don't want them to come. Stay home!” WantHomeWould BeNew YorkFantasticTourists Author:Fran Lebowitz
“The first job I got when I was in high school was working for a department store in New York. I worked in the stockroom. That's when I learned that I couldn't work for anyone else, because I was spoken to in a way that I wasn't spoken to at home.” WayFirstsHomeSchoolJobsNew YorkHigh SchoolStoresDepartmentDepartment Stores Author:Frankie Knuckles
“We wanted to premiere it in New York, because New York is sort of the home of the Jim Henson Company and it's sort of the tone and flavor, always, of the puppet work that we've done traditionally. And that's what brought us here and now we're here.” DoneHomeWantedCompanyNew YorkToneFlavorHere And NowPuppetsPremieres Author:Brian Henson
“The idea of the book ["The Japanese Lover"] came in a conversation that I had with a friend walking in the streets of New York. We were talking about our mothers, and I was telling her how old my mother was, and she was telling me about her mother. Her mother was Jewish, and she said that she was in a retirement home and that she had had a friend for 40 years that was a Japanese gardener. This person had been very important in my friend's upbringing.” YearsPersonsSaidImportantBookIdeasHomeMotherTalkingStreetsNew YorkLoversWalkingConversationMy FriendsRetirementGardenerUpbringingRetirement Homes Author:Isabel Allende