“My first tattoo is a full-on Sailor Jerry situation on my hip - it's a swallow with big spread wings. When I got it I was 20 on St. Mark's Place in New York; I just walked in in a frenzy. It's still there 17 years later and it's not a terrible thing to look at.” YearsFirstsLooksStillsBigsSituationNew YorkTerribleMarkWingsSpreadHipsTattooTerrible ThingsSailorJerryFrenzy Author:Maria Dahvana Headley
“Do what you love. Go to a good art school and study with the best teachers. Move to New York and read Ask Mark Kostabi.” ArtSchoolMovingAsksStudyTeacherAdviceNew YorkMarkWhat You LoveBest TeacherGood ArtArt School Author:Mark Kostabi
“When I was a young comic in New York and I wasn't getting any work, I was wandering around the Lower East Side with my notebook. I would stop at the guitar place on St. Mark's and talk to that dude for a while, then I'd go to the bookstore and talk to that dude for a little while. I had a guy over at the record store, and I'd talk to him for a while. It kept me connected to life.” LittlesYoungGuySidesRecordsNew YorkMarkGuitarConnectedEastStoresWanderComicNotebookBookstoresRecord StoresWandering AroundEast Side Author:Marc Maron
“I love women who are bosses and who don't constantly worry about what their employees think of them. I love women who don't ask, "Is that OK?" after everything they say. I love when women are courageous in the face of unthinkable circumstances, like my mother when she was diagnosed with stage IV pancreatic cancer. Or like Gabrielle Giffords writing editorials for the New York Times about the cowardice of Congress regarding gun laws and using phrases like "mark my words" like she is Clint Eastwood. How many women say stuff like that?” ThinkingWritingFacesLawMotherAsksStuffWorryStageNew YorkCircumstancesGunMarkCongressCancerPhrasesEmployeeCourageousBossCowardiceNew York TimesUnthinkableEditorialsGun LawPancreatic Cancer Author:Mindy Kaling
“Mark Twain married the daughter of one of New York State's leading Abolitionists, Jervis Langdon, who helped Frederick Douglass who became the great Negro leader to escape from slavery.” StatesLeaderNew YorkMarriedDaughterMarkSlaveryAbolitionistNew York State Author:Hal Holbrook
“So I'm here, and not being one for missed opportunities, I made a list of the casting directors in New York and mark off the ones I've already met over the years. The few remaining I asked my agent and manager, "See if you can set up some meetings while I'm here."” IfsYearsMadeOpportunityNew YorkMetsDirectorsMarkMeetingsListsAgentsManagersCastingMissed OpportunityCasting Directors Author:William Mapother
“I've been in New York for going on five years now, and I always thought I would make a mark and do something but I never thought it would be this big of a deal. I'm so blessed and I'm truly honored.” YearsBigsWould BeDealsFiveNew YorkMarkBlessedFive YearsHonored Author:Tituss Burgess