#new york

I currently live in the Plaza in New York and I love it - all that history, all those interesting stories. ↗

#history #i #i love #interesting #interesting stories

I moved to New York in the 1970s and started writing when I was at the Whitney Museum Independent Study Program. ↗

#independent #moved #museum #new #new york

When I got started in New York, it wasn't like it is now. If you were different from Miles and Dizzy, it was very difficult to make gigs and make money with your own style. ↗

— Freddie Hubbard

#difficult #dizzy #gigs #got #i

John Cleese was with a group called Cambridge Circus, who had come to New York, and we became friends. Years later that produced a certain team effort. ↗

— Terry Gilliam

#called #cambridge #certain #circus #come

I loved living and breathing theatre so much that I decided I had to find a way to bring my desire to act and my ability to support myself together. I'd run through the possibilities in Washington, so that meant moving to New York. ↗

— Karen Allen

#act #breathing #bring #decided #desire

A friend told me about the casting notice for 'Queer Eye.' I was in Chicago and I had a contract with 'Esquire' magazine, so had been coming to New York City regularly and thought I'd catch a cheap flight, crash on a friend's sofa and do this hilarious audition that I had no chance of winning. ↗

— Ted Allen

#audition #been #casting #catch #chance

I see and write things first as an artist, second as a woman, and third as a New Yorker. All three have built-in perspectives that aren't neutral. ↗

— Laurie Anderson

#built-in #first #i #i see #neutral

I spend a lot of time writing in New York. ↗

— Keren Ann

#lot #new #new york #spend #time

I live a very quiet life, although I'm very urban and a diehard New Yorker. ↗

— Armand Assante

#diehard #i #life #live #new

I am the young, edgy New Yorker. ↗