“I had visited New York at age 12, and I loved the big buildings and the swarms of people. At 23, I decided to try it. I was going to go for six months, and I ended up living there for 18 years before I moved to California, so I am living the American Dream.” PeopleTryingYearsDreamBigsAgeNew YorkBuildingMonthsSixDecidedMovedCaliforniaAmerican DreamSix MonthsSwarmsLiving The American Dream Author:Ari Marcopoulos
“That's what New York is like - you can't have real art happen in an institution because rich people can make the world stop. The stuff on the street is a lot more interesting.” PeopleWorldArtRealHappensStuffInterestingRichStreetsNew YorkLike YouInstitutionsRich People Author:M.I.A.
“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
“It's fascinating. It's also exhilarating when you see people making the exact same choices that you've made. It kind of validates what you've decided to do. I saw a wonderful production of Jessica Lange doing Streetcar with Alec Baldwin. It was gorgeous. It's a measure of what a great classic that is, that our Cate Blanchett also did an absolute amazing Blanche in Sydney, as well as in New York.” PeopleWellsKindMadeChoicesSawsWonderfulNew YorkDecidedAbsolutesProductionsMade ItClassicFascinatingGorgeousExhilaratingSydneyJessicaBlanche Author:Jacki Weaver
“I think drugs played a big role in the Taboo scene. People were taking copious amounts of ecstasy, which had filtered over from New York, and at a certain point you were more likely to spend most of the night in the toilets at the club.” PeopleThinkingBigsNightCertainRolesNew YorkAmountSceneDrugClubsEcstasyToiletsTaboo Author:Boy George
“I went to New York to be where the beautiful people were and it didn't disappoint me. It's so open. It's a great platform to do your own thing or start new things. When I got there, I started living for the first time.” PeopleFirstsBeautifulNew YorkFirst TimePlatformsNew ThingsDisappointBeautiful People Author:Antony Hegarty
“These days most women have jobs that last way too long. A lot of people in New York barely have time to get laid.” PeopleWayLongJobsLastsNew YorkThese DaysGetting Laid Author:Nora Ephron
“Why are some people like Chuck Schumer, who`s probably going to be leader of the Senate, why is he switching from a big city financial center pro-trader to being an anti-trader? Is that because of upstate New York? What`s going on? I can`t figure this out.” PeopleI CanBigsCitiesLeaderFiguresNew YorkFinancialSenateChuckTradersBig CitiesSwitchingUpstate New York Author:Chris Matthews
“Most actors and actresses are performative as people. It goes part and parcel with the profession and New York actors who are out of work, or actors anywhere out of work, are manic because you never know when the next job is going to come.” PeopleKnowsJobsNextActorsNew YorkActressesProfessionManicParcelActors And Actresses Author:Zoe Lister-Jones
“The Beatles first appeared on our show on February 9, 1964, and I have never seen any scenes to compare with the bedlam that was occasioned by their debut. Broadway was jammed with people for almost eight blocks. They screamed, yelled, and stopped traffic. It was indescribable ... There has never been anything like it in show business, and the New York City police were very happy it didn't - and wouldn't - happen again.” PeopleFirstsShowsHappensCitiesNew YorkScenePoliceEightBlockCompareNew York CityTrafficVery HappyBroadwayShow BusinessFebruaryDebutIndescribable Author:Ed Sullivan
“We're trying to get as many people to become interested in seeing it, but if you like the theater and you're interested in seeing what live theater looks like in New York, you probably already set your DVR. It's gonna be a hard ask to get a bunch of college-basketball fans to tune in for three hours to watch the Tonys.” PeopleIfsTryingLooksHardThreeAsksHoursWatchesSeeingFansNew YorkCollegeBasketballTheaterBunchTunesCollege BasketballLive Theater Author:Neil Patrick Harris
“I love New York ... I think it's the best city in the world. As far as cities go, everything's there. I think it's so vibrant. I love the people, I think they're honest, in your face. If they don't like you, they'll say, 'Get out of my way,' if they like you they'll slap you on the back and support you. It's a very intoxicating environment to be in.” PeopleIfsThinkingWorldWayFacesCitiesSupportEnvironmentHonestNew YorkLike YouMy WayYour FaceSlapSupport YouCities In The WorldI Love New York Author:Hugh Jackman
“Of course, in Los Angeles, everything is based on driving, even the killings. In New York, most people don't have cars, so if you want to kill a person, you have to take the subway to their house. And sometimes on the way, the train is delayed and you get impatient, so you have to kill someone on the subway. That's why there are so many subway murders; no one has a car.” PeopleIfsWayWantPersonsSometimesCoursesHouseCarNew YorkMurderTrainKillingDrivingLos AngelesImpatientSubwayDelayed Book:Brain Droppings Source: Brain Droppings
“The Jews celebrate Passover by eating unpalatable food to remind them what will happen to their people if they ever leave New York City. The traditional meal often includes gefilte fish. For those of you who don't know what gefilte fish is, it strongly resembles a ball of tuna fish that has been passed nasally. It's not good. During Passover, the angel of death passed over the Jews - an event that, up until the late 1950s, was re-enacted every year by Ivy League colleges and suburban country clubs.” PeopleIfsKnowsYearsHas BeensCountryHappensCitiesEventsNew YorkCollegeLateEatingAngelBallsFishesJewClubsTraditionalCelebrateLeagueMealsNew York CityIvyTunaIvy LeagueCountry ClubsAngel Of DeathTuna Fish Author:Jon Stewart
“When I first arrived (in New York), it seemed to me the most terrifying city in the world... all those big buildings. I remember walking on Broadway, looking up at this huge, mountainous place-and being so lonely. But things started to clear up when I met a few people on the street whom I'd met before-all of a sudden there got to be a certain familiarity about the place, and the terror kind of evaporated. There was a lot of playing going on, and the New Yorkers, of course, were a completely different crowd from what I'd known.” PeopleWorldFirstsKindDifferentBigsRememberCertainCoursesCitiesKnownClearStreetsNew YorkBuildingHugeWalkingMetsLonelyTerrorCrowdsBroadwayFamiliarityNew YorkersCities In The WorldSo Lonely Author:Benny Goodman
“The greatest inspiration I draw upon is, is this city (New York) and riding the subway and watching people and I find that's kind of like the best, the best acting teacher. You know, I wonder, like people who have huge celebrity, sometimes I feel bad, should this be one of their methods 'cause I don't know how they can observe life anymore, because they become the observed. So, I, I appreciate that New York can still do that.” PeopleKnowsFeelsShouldKindStillsSometimesInspirationCausesActingCitiesWonderKnow HowTeacherNew YorkHugeDrawsAppreciateMethodRidingSubwayBest ActingActing Teachers Author:Amy Ryan
“I got to go to New York Comic-Con. I've never been and I've heard it's crazy, so I'd love to see it. To be quite honest, I'd like for people to want us to be there, too. I'm hoping. I'm knocking on wood, so we'll see.” PeopleWantHeardCrazyHonestNew YorkWoodsComicWant UKnockingComic Con Author:Steven Yeun
“Plenty of crazy people in New York. There are so many crazy people here, I think it's like one out of every one person is completely out of their mind.” PeopleThinkingMindPersonsCrazyNew YorkPlentyCrazy People Author:Louis C. K.
“I was born in Honduras, that's where I was born. I live in California, where no matter what you say, you're Mexican. You understand that? It doesn't matter what you say. See - you don't understand that, white people, because wherever you go, you're white. You're here, you're white. You go to L. A., you're white. You go to Denver, you're white. You go to Miami, you're still white. In L. A. I'm a Mexican, In Florida, I'm a Cuban. In New York, I'm a Puerto Rican. And when I come to Canada and I find out I'm an Eskimo.” PeopleStillsMatterBornWhiteNew YorkNo Matter WhatCaliforniaCanadaFloridaMexicanMiamiCubanDenverHonduras Author:Carlos Mencia
“I love seeing what people wear out to dinner in different cities. I know how differently I dress in New York than I do in Los Angeles.” PeopleKnowsDifferentCitiesKnow HowSeeingNew YorkDressesDinnerLos Angeles Author:Melissa Rivers
“I was so happy that it filmed in New York not only because it's an amazing city, but also because a lot of people across the world somehow started to think about New York as a dangerous place to be and envisioned it as some war zone after that happened.” PeopleThinkingWorldWarCitiesHappenedDangerousNew YorkZoneDangerous PlacesWar Zones Author:Alicia Witt
“I have an identity crisis which is not resolved because I'm a dual citizen. My whole family is American, and I was born in India but I was raised in Canada. But all my extended family is American, I've held an American passport and I've spent my whole adult life in between New York and LA. So I feel like an American... and I also feel like a Canadian! I wish more people were dual citizens and then I wouldn't feel like such a freak.” PeopleFeelsWholeWishBornNew YorkIdentityCitizensAdultsIndiaCrisisRaisedCanadaFreakPassportsWhole FamilyIdentity CrisisExtended Family Author:Emily Haines
“When I arrived in New York I was definitely the worst player in town! It was just a measure of how far I had to go. It took years, while I was at Juilliard I worked different weekends with different people.” PeopleYearsDifferentPlayerWorstNew YorkTownsWeekendDifferent PeoplesJuilliard Author:Paul Bley
“Do you think that Gwendolyn Brooks would give an award to someone who hated Black women, the lie that was circulated throughout New York and reached all the way down to Martinique where I was a guest Professor? The lie was circulated by people who don't read my books.” PeopleThinkingWayGivingBookLyingBlackNew YorkHatedAwardsProfessorsGuestsBlack WomenBrooks Author:Ishmael Reed
“How does the [New York] Times treat White pathology? They reported an epidemic of heroin addiction in the Philadelphia suburbs. which included emergency admissions and overdoses; these White people in the suburbs were doing heroin like it was going out of style. I counted the words: the article consisted of 200 words. "Heroin Epidemic" in the back section. Out here in California, the typical drug addict is a housewife or suburban White woman.” PeopleDoeWhiteStyleNew YorkDrugTreatsAddictionCaliforniaArticlesGoing OutTypicalSectionsAddictEmergenciesNew York TimesSuburbsEpidemicsHeroinHousewifePhiladelphiaAdmissionDrug AddictPathologyOverdoseHeroin Addiction Author:Ishmael Reed
“Also because I'm ambiguously ethnic looking, you know, I come to New York and I can be anything. People generally think I'm half of whatever they are.” PeopleThinkingKnowsI CanHalfNew York Author:Sherman Alexie
“I have a strong army I keep with me and we don't go out there looking for problems. A lot of people have this perception... but I don't have a superiority complex about me because I'm from New York or because I'm Peruvian/Black. I think some people get caught up in that stuff.” PeopleThinkingProblemStrongStuffBlackNew YorkPerceptionArmyComplexesCaughtSuperiorityCaught UpSuperiority ComplexPeruvians Author:Immortal Technique
“If I miss anything, it's being able to hang out in the city of New York meeting people and talking to them on the corner.” PeopleIfsAbleCitiesTalkingMissingNew YorkMeetingsCornersHanging Out Author:Grace Paley
“As far as my New York influence, one thing I'm proud of in my career is, I rep Brooklyn, New York all day. But people don't look at my music as New York music. People consider my music underground music.” PeopleLooksCareersOne ThingInfluenceNew YorkProudBrooklynBrooklyn New YorkUnderground Music Author:Talib Kweli
“When I talk about the city, I talk about a city that elevates people, which is the strength of New York. We always had the ability to do that. We had the services to do that: good schools, living-wage jobs. We're moving away from that toward a two-tiered system: a small group of very wealthy people and the rest of the city, poor and working poor.” PeopleTwoSchoolJobsMovingAbilityPoorCitiesGroupsNew YorkWealthySmall GroupsMoving AwayLiving WageGood School Author:Sal Albanese
“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
“There is no doubt in my mind that Rudy Giuliani in the Senate will be a leader for the people of New York but also for the people of Arizona and the people all over this country.” PeopleMindCountryLeaderDoubtNew YorkNo DoubtSenateArizonaRudy Author:John McCain
“Michelle Malkin is the most vile, hateful commentator I've ever met in my life. She actually believes that neighbors should start snitching out neighbors, and we should be deporting people. It's good she's in D.C. and I'm in New York. I'd spit on her if I saw her.” PeopleIfsShouldBelieveSawsNew YorkMetsNeighborHatefulSpitCommentatorsSnitch Author:Geraldo Rivera
“Keep believing in yourself, and don't ever give up, even if people tell you otherwise. Just believe in yourself and take every action you need to get there, whether it's taking more lessons or a fun, cool job in New York or LA and stepping out of the box. Be a little bit risky, but still confident.” PeopleIfsNeedsGivingBelieveLittlesStillsActionJobsFunBitsNew YorkLessonsGiving UpLittle BitBoxesBelieve In YourselfBelieve In YouJust BelieveKeep BelievingJust Believe In YourselfDon't Ever Give Up Author:Julianne Hough
“I found so much fun in the light shows and the multimedia shows of the hippies. That was when I was a student in the 1960s, and I was in New York, so I learned how to deal with writing, recording sound of other people, performance art - because that was a new territory, and I liked everything that was new and provocative. That interested me more than becoming anything specific.” PeopleWritingArtShowsLightFoundFunSoundDealsNew YorkStudentsBecomingPerformancesTerritory1960sHippieProvocativePerformance ArtNew TerritoryMultimedia Author:Charlemagne Palestine
“I find London really exciting but there's a lot of vicious success here. Like New York, there's a lot of incredibly successful people who feel incredibly entitled, perhaps justifiably, but I don't want to be around viciously entitled people.” PeopleWantFeelsSuccessfulNew YorkExcitingLondonSuccessful PeopleEntitledVicious Author:Moby
“When I was a drunk, New York was the greatest place in the world. You walk everywhere, everything is open until four in the morning, and people go to New York looking for debauchery.” PeopleWorldWalksMorningFourNew YorkDrunkPlaces In The WorldDebauchery Author:Moby
“For some reason New York is the epicentre for people who hate me. Maybe this is another reason why I left New York but I get more hatred directed towards me there than any other place.” PeopleReasonHateLeftNew YorkHatredReason WhyHate Me Author:Moby
“If you make a street poster and literally paste it on the street in a city like New York, where it's such a mixed population and so densely populated, and it stays up for a full week and doesn't get covered up by something else or pulled down, you will have fifty thousand people who will have seen it. It will be the poorest of the poor - some homeless man who lives on the street will see it and probably appreciate it, or some businessman or landlord will see it. Everyone will see it. And whether or not they even realize that they saw it, on some level it's affecting their consciousness.” PeopleIfsMenRealizingPoorLevelsCitiesConsciousnessSawsWeekStreetsNew YorkThousandAppreciatePopulationFiftyCoveredHomelessBusinessmanPoorestPostersLandlordCovered Up Author:Eric Drooker
“New York is such a special place. It's really intense for people because they live here when they're young. On top of the energy of the city there's a visceral experience a lot of people have because it's a time in their lives where they're just absorbing a lot. Things take on a significance that they might not otherwise.” PeopleMightYoungEnergyCitiesSpecialNew YorkIntenseSignificanceAbsorbingSpecial PlacesVisceral Author:Meghan Daum
“Something I've learned over time, and trying to remind myself this week as I am back in New York and feeling pretty anxious, is that things always seem less dire when you're in the country than when you're outside. I don't exactly know why it is, except that people just have to get on with their life, so they do. And you don't have time to do anything other than keep going.” PeopleKnowsTryingCountryFeelingsSeemsWeekNew YorkI've LearnedKeep GoingAnxiousFeeling Pretty Author:Rebecca Hamilton
“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 was always around people who were in the business from the time I was an absolute baby. I grew up in New York City, and my parents, my sister, and I had a house on Fire Island, and they were part of a set of people that were all close and friendly, most of whom were involved in show business in one regard or another. So it was always familiar to me, and I kind of enjoyed it.” PeopleKindShowsHouseParentCitiesFireNew YorkBabyGrewInvolvedGrew UpAbsolutesRegardFamiliarEnjoyedIslandsFriendlyNew York CityMy SisterShow Business Author:Fred Melamed
“I feel like fashion was much more exclusive. There weren't as many parties. There weren't as many social gatherings. It wasn't required that designers have events to lure customers or editors or any of that - it was about a show. If there was a dinner or a party, people would go out after. New York nightlife was about late nights and dancing.” PeopleIfsFeelsShowsNightSocialPartyFashionEventsNew YorkLateDancingDinnerCustomersDesignerEditorsGatheringExclusiveLureLate NightNightlife Author:Roopal Patel
“The trajectory of my writing has moved further and further away from autobiography. My first stories in Confessions of a Falling Woman worked familiar territory - places I had lived, people I knew, my life as an actor in New York - and many were prompted by or grounded in personal experience.” PeopleWritingFirstsStoriesFallActorsNew YorkMovedFamiliarTerritoryConfessionAutobiographyGroundedPersonal ExperiencesTrajectory Author:Debra Dean
“I have three boys. And I wanted to make sure it connected with them and then those guys who grew up like me, in environments like me.And then I knew something about science that your New York Times reader would be interested in. So I was thinking about it in multiple ways: I'll connect with the people who grew up like me first, and then the New York Times reader will be interested in the science because it's so good and they want to be "in the know."” PeopleThinkingKnowsWayWantFirstsWould BeWantedGuyThreeBoysEnvironmentNew YorkGrewReaderGrew UpConnectedLike MeMultipleNew York Times Author:Carl Hart
“When you have the national narrative being "crack is awful and black people are using it," why go against that narrative when you want to get that publication in The New York Times or wherever? It encourages people to play right into it.” PeopleWantPlayBlackNew YorkAwfulNarrativeCracksBlack PeoplePublicationNew York Times Author:Carl Hart
“Sometimes people ask me to do stuff in New York, like "Can you read at this thing?" And I say, "Nooo, I can't just get on a plane with these two screaming children - I can't just get rid of them on such short notice and take vacation and fly over to New York."” PeopleChildrenI CanTwoSometimesAsksStuffNew YorkPlanesAsk MeVacationShort Notice Author:Victoria Chang
“Being in New York and having worked at Time Out New York and then being at Time, living in New York for a long time has helped because I know everybody. And they're the people who call me and give me jobs. So that kind of real networking, which is just living in a place and having jobs where people around you are extremely successful, has helped me tremendously.” PeopleKnowsGivingKindLongRealJobsSuccessfulNew YorkLong TimeGive MeCall MeNetworking Author:Joel Stein
“I never thought to look at the New York Times one, even though I knew people were pissed off. I've seen YouTube videos from people who are pissed off at me about that and that takes a lot of effort to go find.” PeopleLooksEffortNew YorkVideoYoutubeNew York TimesPissed Off Author:Joel Stein