#yorker

I felt uncomfortable calling myself a writer until I started with 'The New Yorker,' and then I was like, 'Okay, now you can call yourself that.' ↗

— David Sedaris

#calling #felt #i #like #myself

I am one of the 11.5% of New Yorkers who remain traumatized by the events of September 11. ↗

— Lanford Wilson

#events #i #i am #new #new yorkers

But one sets of grandparents lived on Davidson Avenue in the Bronx and one lived in Manhattan and I had an aunt and uncle in Queens, so in my heart I was a New Yorker. ↗

— Jason Alexander

#avenue #bronx #davidson #grandparents #had

Any time three New Yorkers get into a cab without an argument, a bank has just been robbed. ↗

— Phyllis Diller

#argument #bank #been #cab #get

I never studied art, but taught myself to draw by imitating the New Yorker cartoonists of that day, instead of doing my homework. ↗

— Bil Keane

#cartoonists #day #doing #draw #homework

If you write chick lit, and if you're a New Yorker, and if your book becomes the topic of pop-culture fascination, the paper might make dismissive and ignorant mention of your book. If you write romance, forget about it. You'll be lucky if they spell your name right on the bestseller list. ↗

— Jennifer Weiner

#becomes #bestseller #book #chick #fascination

When you get into statistical analysis, you don't really expect to achieve fame. Or to become an Internet meme. Or be parodied by 'The Onion' - or be the subject of a cartoon in 'The New Yorker.' I guess I'm kind of an outlier there. ↗

— Nate Silver

#analysis #become #cartoon #expect #fame

It is in the nature of the New Yorker to be as topical as possible, on a level that is often small in scale and playful in intention. ↗

— Brendan Gill

#level #nature #new #new yorker #often

I really feel now like a native New Yorker. And I'm very happy here. ↗

— Joan Collins

#happy #here #i #like #native

New York lost a classic. Carmine was an old school New Yorker. ↗

— Anthony Weiner

#lost #new #new york #new yorker #old