Alan Garner Quotes

I'm not fond of cities: the constant activity and swarms of people.

When we get piled upon one another in large cities, as in Europe, we shall become as corrupt as Europe.

I don't like a big city.

That's what I love about New York. So many people crowded together, pushing against one another. And that's what I hate about New York. So many people crowded together, pushing against one another.

It seems to me, correct me if I'm wrong, that there are an awful lot of people in Manhattan. And it's getting worse.

I don't like landscapes. I like cities. Lots of cities. I like buildings. I like streets.

Delhi came as a shock. There were so many people, and oh, the traffic.

Three days in a city now and I'm quite flipped. There's too much noise. I just can't do with it.

Overcrowding in the cities is producing a collective madness in which irrational violence flourishes because man needs more space in which to be than the modern city allows.

I probably shouldn't live in New York.

I never particularly liked it in New York City.

I don't care much for the cities.

In Hong Kong there is agglomeration beyond my fondest imaginings. The Kowloon district claims a population density four times that of New York City.

As much as I love L.A., I don't want to live in L.A. I feel very congested when I'm in the city.

I don't do really well in cities, which is crazy given that we're flying in and out of these major cities every week.

Towns are full of people, houses full of tenants, hotels full of guests, trains full of travelers, cafés full of customers, parks full of promenaders, consulting-rooms of famous doctors full of patients, theatres full of spectators, and beaches full of bathers. What previously was, in general, no problem, now begins to be an everyday one, namely, to find room.

Traffic terrifies me.

Everywhere I go I see increasing evidence of people swirling about in a human cesspit of their own making.

New York is not Mecca. It just smells like it.

You know, London is so sprawling, and you can sometimes forget that anybody else is on a stage anywhere else.

Los Angeles is an amazing city to live in, but the traffic is unbelievable. It's overwhelming at times. It's the source of a lot of frustration.

When you hear that China is overcrowded, that's an understatement. I was shocked at the number of people. Even in the rural areas. I was also shocked at the poverty and at the living conditions.

I would never be able to spend all my life in a busy city like Mumbai.

I don't like concrete jungles.

Traffic is only one of the side effects of growth.