Sharon Horgan Quotes

I have an affection for a great city. I feel safe in the neighborhood of man, and enjoy the sweet security of the streets.

I like how they are. I think they're great. And their communities are communities. I have a greater sense of community in New York than almost anywhere I've ever lived. Really, it's terrific.

I grew up in north Norfolk, which certainly used to have an enormous sense of community. There are more and more second homes there now, so I'm not sure how that has damaged it. But where I live in South London, there is a beautiful community; it's the friendliest place I have ever lived, which comes as a surprise to non-Londoners.

Tottenham was a dope place to grow up because it's so community-based. It's a melting pot of cultures. I'll always be a north London girl.

People who are happy with their neighborhoods in New York always say the same thing: 'It's such a neighborhood!' And that's how we feel about Carroll Gardens. We see all the same people who have been there a long time and are very friendly and welcoming to us.

The local community is very important in one's life; the feelings of identification with a place and people.

L.A. is only where you live, because otherwise it's just a sprawling mass of everything, and I think if you live in L.A., you get a little network of places you go, and people you see, and when you leave town, you do miss those places and your friends.

I like the fact that Austin's the first place I've ever lived where there's a real sense of community. People care about their neighbors.

I love Brooklyn; it's a part of who you are.

It is not the walls that make the city, but the people who live within them.

I'm very connected to my neighbourhood. If I could, I'd take the entire Peri Garden neighbourhood to form a Jardim Peri in Manchester.

I'm really proud to be from Bolton. Population-wise it's the biggest town in Europe but you feel you live in a village - you'll always find yourself beside someone you went to school with.

I'm Hackney born and bred and find it hard to call anywhere else home despite the extreme ongoing gentrification which gets me down.

One of the reasons why I don't leave Northampton is that the people don't treat me like a celebrity. I've been here for years; I'm just that bloke with long hair.

I love Star City - it is my home.

I've been in Los Angeles for a while, and the kind of psychological connection that one makes to people, it just doesn't happen out here.

People think New York is this big city where no one knows each other, but when you live in the Village, it's the opposite.

A hundred times have I thought New York is a catastrophe and 50 times: It is a beautiful catastrophe.

We have it, we're lucky enough that we've created a show where it's not about... a family, or a kid, it's about a town.

All cities are impressive in their way, because they represent the aspiration of men to lead a common life; those people who wish to live agreeable lives, and in constant intercourse with one another, will build a city as beautiful as Paris.

I really love living in cities where the people living above, below and next to you are from totally different worlds to you.

People talk about alienation in the city. Diners are a place where you feel comfortable, an extension of your house.

I'm from the Midwest. We like to know who our neighbors are.

I love the city and the people here. I've been with them for many years and I fought alongside them.

Souderton was a good town to grow up in. Everybody knew each other.