“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
“I moved to New York and was told, "Go back home. We don't need you. Go pump gas. You're from Vermont. We've got no use for you. You're not drawing guys in tights." So, I learned how to draw guys in tights, and I put them in as many crime situations as I could.” NeedsUseHomeGuySituationCrimeNew YorkDrawsMovedDrawingGasNeed YouBack HomePumpsVermontTightsDon't Need You Author:Frank Miller
“In a city like New York, especially for young professionals who aren't in a family situation, most people don't cook for themselves. This is the only city I've ever lived in where I eat out every night.” PeopleYoungNightCitiesSituationNew YorkCooksEvery Night Author:Cary Fukunaga
“I did always want to write. And then, when I left New York, where I was working very steadily in the theater - I had done three Broadway shows in a row and was a bit burnt out - I moved out to L.A. and I was not working very much. I came in cold and I'd work for a week, but then I'd have a month or two off. I thought, "I'm going to go crazy unless I actually do write." Like a lot of things in life, it was a situation that came about by circumstances.” WantWritingTwoDoneShowsThreeLeftBitsSituationWeekCrazyNew YorkMonthsColdCircumstancesTheaterMovedThings In LifeBroadwayBroadway ShowsBurnt Out Author:Jim Piddock
“A very awkward situation occurs often in New York City when you are walking down a relatively empty sidewalk and there happens to be a person walking right next to you in the same direction as you at the exact same pace as you. I never know whether to pass or draft. It becomes sort of a strange competition.” KnowsPersonsHappensNextCitiesSituationNew YorkStrangeWalkingEmptyCompetitionNew York CityPaceAwkwardSidewalkAwkward Situations Author:Aaron Karo
“New York forces you to be in endless surreal situations.” ForceSituationNew YorkEndlessSurreal Author:Tom Waits
“I read a lot of those Single Girl in New York books, like "Fear of Flying," where you could sort of put yourself, through transference, into the Jewish Girl in New York situation.” BookGirlSituationNew YorkFlyingTransferenceSingle GirlFear Of Flying Author:Charles Busch