“New York is essentially national in interest, position, pursuits. No one thinks of the place as belonging to a particular state, but to the United States.” ThinkingStatesInterestUnitedUnited StatesNew YorkPositionParticularPursuitBelonging Author:James F. Cooper
“The book was at a reasonably high position on the New York Times... before I was in the country. I thought it would be an interesting experiment to see if my presence here would push it up or down.” IfsBookCountryWould BeLiteratureInterestingNew YorkPositionExperimentsNew York Times Author:Kazuo Ishiguro
“My feeling about growing up in New Jersey was, 'How come I'm not in New York?' That being said, I'm older and I have a better worldview now, and so I think I grew up in an incredibly privileged position. The town I grew up in is beautiful. I got a great education, and I'm very grateful for it.” ThinkingSaidFeelingsBeautifulGrowing UpGrowingNew YorkPositionGrewGrew UpTownsGratefulPrivilegedJerseyWorldviewNew JerseyGreat Education Author:Anne Hathaway
“New York was something like a circus performer walking a tightrope an juggling at the same time....It could barely maintain its position, but an movement would tip the whole balance.” WholeNew YorkMovementPositionBalanceWalkingPerformersCircusJuggling Author:John Lindsay
“I went back to Jamaica after living in New York and started to work on experimental stuff and basically I grew as a filmmaker. I went to film school; I was a PA on a lot of projects and I worked so hard, you know, you're young and I learned from different mentors. And luck put me in the position to work with amazing people. One of my mentors by the name of Little X, who took me under his wing after I came out of film school and moved to New York. I worked in videos for Jay-Z, Pharrell to Busta Rhymes and Wyclef. I quickly realized how much I wanted to make films instead of music videos.” PeopleKnowsLittlesDifferentHardWantedSchoolFilmYoungNamesStuffNew YorkPositionGrewProjectsLuckMovedWingsVideoFilmmakerMentorRhymeFilm SchoolJamaicaAmazing People Author:Storm Saulter
“Honestly, I'd love to think I was in a position where I had that decision. But last year I worked on a movie in Bulgaria, now I'm in New York or LA. It really sounds jet-setting when you say it, but there's lots of down-time where you wonder what you're doing or you wonder about life.” ThinkingYearsLastsSoundDecisionWonderNew YorkPositionHonestlySettingSettingsLast YearJetBulgariaDown Time Author:Sean Mahon
“I was the first - I was extremely unpopular with the establishment of the United States, particularly the New York Times was always an enemy, and Time magazine, off and on, the enemy, because I said things and took positions that other people didn't do.” PeopleFirstsSaidStatesUnitedEnemyUnited StatesNew YorkPositionMagazinesEstablishmentNew York TimesTime Magazine Author:Gore Vidal
“I got a part opposite Edward G. Robinson in a play called Middle of The Night, which Paddy Cheyafsky had written. It played for a long time because everybody just loved Edward G. Robinson, everybody in New York wanted to see it. John and I were married at the time and put into a position where I was working very long evening hours and he was working in the daytime and so there was a lot of spare time.” LongPlayWantedNightHoursWrittenMiddleNew YorkPositionMarriedLong TimeOppositesEveningSparesMiddle Of The NightDaytimeSpare TimePaddy Author:Gena Rowlands