Harry Golden Quotes

I love New York ... I think it's the best city in the world. As far as cities go, everything's there. I think it's so vibrant. I love the people, I think they're honest, in your face. If they don't like you, they'll say, 'Get out of my way,' if they like you they'll slap you on the back and support you. It's a very intoxicating environment to be in.

Old New York City is a friendly old town From Washington Heights to Harlem on down There's a-mighty many people all millin' all around They'll kick you when you're up and knock you when you're down It's hard times in the city Livin' down in New York town

New York City is filled with the same kind of people I left New Jersey to get away from.

New York in a way functions as another character within the story, as it does within most of Woody Allen's stories.

I certainly went to New York because I was searching. Most people who go to New York are searching.

There's a long tradition of people from the South living in New York City.

I miss the noise in New York: the sound of taxis and that constant buzz the city has.

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

I grew up in the Lower East Side of New York.

My passion is New York and the vitality that makes it special.

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.

I'm very obsessed with the energy of New York and the idea of the way people behave in the city versus the way they behave in a natural environment.

New York's like a boxing match. In Hollywood, it's like a Fellini movie or something.

New York means so much to people. If you're inclined to leave the nest, New York is where most people think they have to go, and it's been that way since the first skyscraper.

I love New York. It's one of my favorite cities.

I'm loving N.Y., and words can't even describe how happy I am to be here.

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.

I'm attracted to wilderness in any sense. Which is why I'm attracted to New York in a way, because I feel like it's a wilderness of people and textures. Just like, there's so much life and richness here. And you can get lost in it.

I think Chicago's a great city. Like New York, it's full of energy.

Growing up in Manhattan has given me a thick skin.

Growing up so close to New York City, I always loved going to the city, but I'd be disappointed because songs about New York always made it seem so magical and perfect, and when I was younger, I just thought it was busy and dirty.

I go down the street thinking, 'Oh my God, I live in New York.' But then I think, 'Oh my God, I'm on Broadway!'

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

I look out the window and I see the lights and the skyline and the people on the street rushing around looking for action, love, and the world's greatest chocolate chip cookie, and my heart does a little dance.

New York City in life was much like New York City in death. It was still hard to get a cab, for example.