“My dad was the town drunk. Most of the time that's not so bad; but New York City?”
“That's how quickly New York City comes about - like a weather wane - or the head of a cobra. Time tells which.”
“You have got to be good in that town if you want to beat the crowd.' So says young John on his first sight of New York City. THE CROWD (1928)”
“It was Night. In most places, Night is a time for sleep, for calm, and for mystery. But not in New York City, where many things conspired every evening to murder the night.”
“New York City in life was much like New York City in death. It was still hard to get a cab, for example.”
“LA is the me city, Ruby said, and New York is the you city. In LA it's fuck me. In New York it's fuck you.”