#new york

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

— Jenny Holzer

#independent #moved #museum #new #new york

When I was skating I felt I represented not just my family and the people who helped me make it to that point, but also New York and the country. ↗

— Sarah Hughes

#country #family #felt #helped #i

I love a lot of the New York bands, but Patti Smith stands out. I just read 'Just Kids' and it's an inspirational, well-written account of an emerging New York artist in the late seventies. ↗

— James Iha

#artist #bands #emerging #i #i love

I've played some gangster roles, but that's obviously not me. When you're an Italian-American New York actor, it's just an easy way to get cast. ↗

— Michael Imperioli

#cast #easy #easy way #gangster #get

I think everything should be in verse. 'The New York Times' should be in verse. ↗

— David Ives

#i #i think #new #new york #new york times

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 finally decided if I was going to make a living, I was gonna have to come to New York. ↗

— Mose Allison

#decided #finally #going #gonna #i

As a New Yorker, I'm someone who lives on an island and looks across to America. ↗

— Laurie Anderson

#america #i #island #lives #looks

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