Josh Pais Quotes

I love my apartment in New York.

I live in Brooklyn.

My wife and I live in Brooklyn, N.Y., not too far from where my Long Island childhood happened.

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 was born and raised in Los Angeles. I split my time between the West Coast and the East.

I used to live on Riverside Park in New York, on the Upper West Side.

L.A. will never, ever, ever, ever be my town. It'll never be my town. It's not New York.

When I was living in New York, I tried to make it work for a year, but I didn't really have my own space to be creative. It was really inspiring, but I think that coming to L.A. has allowed me to take a breath.

I have had a place in New York in the musicians' district on the Upper West Side since 1986.

I live in New York and California, and I get to travel.

I was born and raised in New York. My family has been in New York City since the Civil War. I have a ton of N.Y.C. in my DNA, from both sides of my family. I had a wonderful childhood in the city.

I love Los Angeles. I live here and I love training here.

I live in Manhattan now, because, in a way, it was my fantasy.

New York was the only city I knew in the world where you could be desperately lonely at nine in the morning, crossing the street for a bagel at Gristede's, and find that seven hours later you were drinking Irish coffee at P.J. Clarke's with all the friends you had inherited along the way.

Cities - I'm attracted to them, and I have a special attachment to New York...it's my place.

I had a good friend in New York City.

I'm in a New York state of mind

If you're bored in New York, it's your own fault.

New York City is a place where you can lock yourself up in your little studio apartment, and not go outside at all, and not feel in the slightest guilty about it.

[On living in New York City:] I'm oblivious to everything. I just don't notice anything. I sat in a coffee shop, drank half a cup of coffee before I noticed there was lipstick on the cup. There was wadded-up gum and lipstick on the napkin. I must have been sitting on that woman's lap for an hour.

I'm so glad to be back in New York. Los Angeles can be so cold, so cruel after you've been-what's the word?-oh yes: 'fired.'

New Yorkers are born all over the country, and then they come to New York City and it hits them: Oh, that’s who I am.

I love New York. I love how integrated it is, how everybody lives together.

You learn to cope with whatever you have to cope with. I spent my childhood in New York, riding on subways and buses. And you know what you learn if you're a New Yorker? The world doesn't owe you a damn thing.

Apparently, the Obamas chose New York City because they've gotten so used to people trying to break into their house.