Elizabeth Meriwether Quotes

Being in New York City is the best because I'm always walking, taking the subway and walking up and down the stairs - whether you like it or not, you're going to get exercise.

I grew up taking the Long Island Railroad from Baldwin, New York into Penn Station and walking upstairs to Madison Square Garden. Those are some of my favorite memories.

I came to New York and in only hours, New York did what it does to people: awakened the possibilities. Hope breaks out.

I wake up every morning and say to myself, Well, I'm still in New York. Thank you, God.

I'm singing these songs to inspire you, to keep you going, to lift you up and give you a reason to get up in the morning.

In New York, especially, so much of your life is spent on the streets. You don't always want to be driving around in an SUV with a security guard. You want to be able to walk to a restaurant; you want to go and do things.

I wake up every morning literally with a smile on my face, grateful for another day I never thought I'd see.

The scene then as now was centered in New York. For the most part, I've kept a bit apart from that attractive and seductive city. I've done it by living in the country within commuting distance.

I like taking the subway to work.

I love New York, I love the smell of New York... I love the subway.

I think getting up every morning is the most amazing thing any of us do. We know what's out there, and yet we keep going.

In L.A., I have more of a yard existence, and so I enjoy walking my two little dogs in New York - one's a Maltese and the other's a Shih Tzu.

I try to remember what it was like to be a kid in New York. I lived in different parts of my childhood in Manhattan on the Upper West Side, where 'When You Reach Me' is set, and also in the Midwood section of Brooklyn.

I moved to New York when I was 10, from Rio de Janeiro. So there was no need for driving: I took the subway, cabs and the bus.

Sometimes in the morning, when it's a good surf, I go out there, and I don't feel like it's a bad world.

Being a pedestrian again is very exciting because in L.A. you live in your car, and you're on a freeway all the time.

I used to wake up in the morning and say, 'Oh, God.' Now I wake up in the morning and look forward to life.

You have to have a dream so you can get up in the morning.

I left for New York expecting to repeat my success, only to be turned down by almost every publisher in that city, till the Viking Press, my American publishers of a lifetime, thought of taking me on.

For most of my adult life, I drove through Central Park every morning going to work.

For me, New York is about anonymity; that's the draw. It's not at all about other people in my business being nearby. It's that I can get on the subway and eavesdrop on conversations that I would never have access to otherwise. That's why I stay. That's why I could never leave.

Living in N.Y.C. has truly awakened me to the New York elite and their penchant for the city's self-described brilliant public transit system. I think it sucks... just like public transit always does.

My favorite elements of 'Start Talkin'' were those man-on-the-street pieces. I love shooting those. I was born in Manhattan, have lived in or around New York my entire life, and I feel like I'm in my element when doing those pieces.

New York is the center of the world. I grew up in Connecticut, outside of the city, and my father commuted to the city for work.

N.Y. is definitely one of my favorites. Love the culture, people, attitude and music, art, and fashion.