Aleksa Palladino Quotes

I live a very quiet life, although I'm very urban and a diehard New Yorker.

L.A.'s pretty great, man. But I'll be very honest - I prefer New York. It's more my speed.

I've actually enjoyed my time in L.A. more than a New Yorker is supposed to.

I love New York, and I'm drawn to a certain intensity of life, but I've just never felt like I want to escape from the Midwest. A writer lives a great deal in his own head, and so one intuitively finds places where your head is more clear. New York for me is one of those places.

I don't think about art when I'm working. I try to think about life.

I can live in L.A. as a struggling artist. I cannot live in New York as a struggling artist.

New York is great, but I miss L.A. - I feel like there was something exotic about L.A. that I kind of underestimated at the time. It was very unfamiliar to me.

The great thing about living in New York is the constant change of things. It inspires me to keep moving, push forward, question ideas.

New Yorkers think they have everything, all the best art and music. But really L.A. is a better place.

L.A. is kind of laid back, but New York, everybody is out there for that buck, you know.

In L.A., I'm always going to dinner and hanging out. In New York, it's like my life just feels crazier, and there's more options.

I prefer Los Angeles just because I live there and my family's there. But I think New York is just kind of the center of the world.

New York reminds me a little bit of Canada and my upbringing. Los Angeles is like living in a vacation, and you have to pinch yourself every once and a while.

What attracted me to New York was there was an anonymity that I couldn't always have in Los Angeles, and it was easier to blend in there. The more successful you are, the less you are able to do that.

I love to visit New York, but Los Angeles, to me, is a great city.

I think L.A. is underrated, and I love L.A., and I was born in California. But I'm pretty sure New York is the best city in the world - at least for an American guy like me.

Let thine occupations be few, saith the sage, if thou wouldst lead a tranquil life.

If thou fill thy brain with Boston and New York, with fashion and covetousness, and wilt stimulate thy jaded senses with wine and French coffee, thou shalt find no radiance of wisdom in the lonely waste of the pinewoods.

When you live in New York and are an artist and are interested in people, you meet a lot of people.

Just as London is not one endless afternoon tea, L.A. isn't all super-fit, health food-crazy freaks.

Life is much more available in New York - there are a dozen movie theaters within walking distance. Living in California is easier, but you get sedentary.

When I first moved here, I almost felt like I was obligated to hate L.A. as a New Yorker. I moved way too fast for this city. I walked everywhere, and I was lonely, too. It was a really hard time not knowing anybody, and you don't run into people the way you do in New York. You can go a week without seeing anyone.

You can get stuff done in New York that you can't in Los Angeles. If you wanted to get some milk and get your shoes repaired and drop something off at the dry cleaner, that's an all-day adventure in Los Angeles. In New York, you can bang that out in half an hour.

I live in Los Angeles, mostly, and have a lot of girlfriends and a full life out here.

New York is the most exhilarating city when you're young. It's a different culture, definitely. I really came to love it.