“No place epitomizes the American experience and the American spirit more than New York City.”
“New York - that unnatural city where every one is an exile, none more so than the American”
“By '95 - in New York, alone - more Americans had died of AIDS than were killed in Vietnam.”
“My one thought is to get out of New York, to experience something genuinely American.”
“According to the 2003 data from the U.S. Census Bureau, 25.8 percent of [New Orleans] population lives below the poverty line... This is more than twice the national average, but is close tot he percentages in other American cities such as Miami (28.5), Los Angeles (22.1), Atlanta (24.4), and New York City (21.2). ”
“New York City, city of exaggerations. Place of Herculean ascensions and perilous falls.”