“The hardest thing about being at Sony was not the travel; it was being divorced from the public and private life I had in New York. Travelling as much as I did, while I didn't lose connection with my friends, I lost a sense of belonging.” LostLosesNew YorkMy FriendsConnectionsHardestBelongingHardest ThingDivorcedPrivate LifeSony Author:Howard Stringer
“I was performing in New York and my friends started to call me Gaga. They said I was very theatrical... So they said, you're Gaga.” SaidNew YorkMy FriendsPerformingCall MeThey SaidTheatricalGaga Author:Lady Gaga
“I always sort of talk about - to myself at least, or to my friends, about wanting to just keep life very simple. I've found it most simple here in New York. You know, it's basically I have a, in a way, a 9-to-5 job, you know? I do eight shows a week. I live in New York City. I get to walk everywhere, and you know, just be one of the people of the city. And it's actually wonderful.” PeopleKnowsWayShowsJobsFoundSimpleWalksCitiesWonderfulWeekNew YorkMy FriendsEightNew York City Author:Bradley Cooper
“When I was in New York, a lot of my friends were studying filmmaking and would bring their scripts to me, as I was a good script doctor. I would read their scripts and make corrections to them for $20 per script and was fascinated by films.” FilmStudyNew YorkMy FriendsDoctorsScriptsFascinatedFilmmakingCorrections Author:Arjun Rampal
“I was talking to my friend from New York yesterday, and I used the expression, 'You can't polish a turd'. He looked at me, disgusted, and said, 'No, you can't, but you can roll it in glitter'. He's a lovely guy but I wouldn't want to go to a craft fair with him” WantSaidUsedGuyTalkingNew YorkExpressionMy FriendsFairsYesterdayLovelyCraftsPolishGlitterDisgustedTurds Author:Steve Williams
“I like New York better than Seattle. It's bigger. I was really sad when I left, because I miss my friends, but I call them almost every day, and I have friends here now.” LeftMissingNew YorkMy FriendsBiggerSeattleReally Sad Author:Rachel Trachtenburg
“When I was a young man, my friends and I and all of us in New York were very influenced by French cinema. French cinema played an enormous influence on those of us who wanted to be filmmakers.” MenWantedYoungInfluenceNew YorkMy FriendsEnormousCinemaYoung ManFilmmakerFrench Cinema Author:Woody Allen
“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