“I never wanted to or expected to make a film outside of New York. New York became very, very expensive. The same $18 million spent in Barcelona or Rome goes much further there.” WantedFilmMillionsNew YorkExpectedExpensiveRomeBarcelona Author:Woody Allen
“Books are special, books are the way we talk to generations that have not turned up yet. The fact that we can actually, essentially communicate with the people in ancient Egypt, people in Rome and Greece, people in ancient Britain, people in New York in the 1920s who can communicate to us and change the way we think, and change the things that we believe. I think that books are special. Books are sacred. And I think that when you are selling books, you have to remember that in all the profits and loss, in all of that, you are treading on sacred ground.” PeopleThinkingWayBelieveBookFactsRememberLossGenerationsSpecialNew YorkSacredAncientProfitCommunicateSellingBritainRomeEgyptGreeceAncient EgyptTreadingProfit And LossSelling Books Author:Neil Gaiman
“New York is my home and I have a particular fondness for it. I think it's a place where you can generate any kind of story wonderfully. But I also would be very happy to make a film in Paris or Rome.” ThinkingKindStoriesHomeWould BeFilmNew YorkParticularParisRomeVery HappyFondness Author:Woody Allen
“Moscow, Rome, London, Paris stay in place. Leningrad and New York float, spreading all their sails, cutting space with their prows, and can disappear, if not in reality, then in the imagination of the poet creating a myth, a mythical tradition on the grounds of his secret experience.” IfsRealityImaginationSpaceSecretCitiesCuttingNew YorkPoetCreatingTraditionMythDisappearLondonParisRomeSailFloatsMoscowLeningrad Author:Nina Berberova
“Rome, like Washington, is small enough, quiet enough, for strong personal intimacies; Rome, like Washington, has its democratic court and its entourage of diplomatic circle; Rome, like Washington, gives you plenty of time and plenty of sunlight. In New York we have annihilated both.” GivingEnoughStrongNew YorkQuietCourtDemocraticCirclesPlentyIntimacyRomeSunlightDiplomaticStrong PersonEntourage Author:M. E. W. Sherwood
“Animation had been used only for things like King Kong and the destruction of cities, which was very popular in the 1950s. I got tired of destroying cities. I destroyed New York, I destroyed San Francisco's Golden Gate Bridge, Rome, and Washington. I was looking for a new outlet, and I came across the Sinbad legends.” UsedCitiesNew YorkKingsDestructionTiredGoldenDestroyedBridgesGatesDestroyingLegendsRomeAnimationSan FranciscoOutletsVery PopularKing KongGolden Gate Bridge Author:Ray Harryhausen
“I seem to respond most to places that are more cosmopolitan because of my Manhattan upbringing. Some of the major international cities I've visited, like Madrid, Rome and London, have a lot of similarities and "New York" elements while ... having their own flavor.” SeemsCitiesNew YorkElementsMajorsInternationalLondonRomeFlavorUpbringingManhattanSimilarityMadrid Author:Bobby Flay