#new york

In New York one lives in the moment rather more than Socrates advised, so that at a party or alone in your room it will always be difficult to guess at the long term worth of anything. ↗

— Harold Brodkey

#alone #always #anything #difficult #guess

Me, my literary reputation is mostly abroad, but I am anchored here in New York. I can't think of any other place I'd rather die than here. ↗

— Harold Brodkey

#am #anchored #any #die #here

I was invited to a couple of races, but I was doing a play in New York. ↗

— Josh Brolin

#doing #i #invited #new #new york

Anyway, several rewrites later, Del Rey Books did publish my first novel, and it did become the first work of fiction on the New York Times trade paperback bestseller list. ↗

— Terry Brooks

#become #bestseller #books #del #did

I should add that I very much enjoy certain cities especially Paris, New York and Chicago. ↗

— Jim Harrison

#certain #chicago #cities #enjoy #especially

New Yorkers are mostly interested in New York - in case you haven't noticed. ↗

— Jim Harrison

#haven #interested #mostly #new #new york

The politicians of New York have everything that is necessary to make proper decisions and they will have to live with what happens afterwards. The worst scenario is the politicians covering their eyes and turning it over to the FBI. ↗

— Tom Hayden

#covering #decisions #everything #eyes #fbi

Living in New York, you get a lot of confidence; when I go back to Michigan, I realise how obnoxious and demanding and straightforward I am. ↗

— Angel Haze

#back #confidence #demanding #get #go

I felt I had to share Idaho with my friend from New York because he'd shared New York with me, so I was going to share the beauty of nature with a man who went to museums and clubs late at night. But there was nothing to do where I lived at night. ↗

— Mariel Hemingway

#because #clubs #felt #friend #going

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