“New York interposed itself, once and for all, between me and all other places of origin.”
“What is it which has always come between real life and me? What glass screen has, as it were, interposed itself between me and the enjoyment, the possession, the contact of things, leaving me only the role of the looker-on?”
“New York. The world's most dramatic city. Like a permanent short circuit, sputtering and sparking up into the night sky all night long. No place like it for living. And probably no place like it for dying.("New York Blues")”
“Once you have lived in New York and made it your home, no place else is good enough”
“As for New York City, it is a place apart. There is not its match in any other country in the world.”
“All guys are scared of each other, didn't you know that? I'm not the only one. We're all born afraid.("New York Blues")”