“The art and culture that is New York, communications, finance, all these things help make up New York. The rest of the country should be happy that we are what we are.”

“… I am a New York designer and the things are made in New York…”

“New York is basically a new version of York. But York just got a cathedral…”

“I am so surprised by New York City. I thought New York must be ugly and unpleasant, you know, I saw all those movies about New York….But New York is beautiful and the people here are really nice.”

“So it's a mistake for someone to think that they bailed New York out. They did assist us, for which we are grateful, but it's a mistake to say we bailed New York out by giving them a grant of money to help those poor people who throw it away on welfare.”

“I think that New York is not the cultural center of America, but the business and administrative center of American culture.”

“I came to New York and in only hours, New York did what it does to people: awakened the possibilities. Hope breaks out.”

“You're not from New York, are you? You can't be from New York. Well, when I broke in, I didn't know many people by name so I would just say, "Say, hey," and the writers picked that up. The writers here in New York can make anything happen, so they made that happen.”

“There is something in the New York air that makes sleep useless.”

“Green, John. (2006). An Abundance of Katherines. New York, New York: Penguin Group, 228..”