Millicent Simmonds Quotes

By its nature, the metropolis provides what otherwise could be given only by traveling; namely, the strange.

It is hard not to be inspired when you're living in New York. It doesn't matter what you do. I think that there is so much going on in this city. I like walking around or taking the subway, thinking about all the history here, looking at the architecture and all the people; of course, the museums. It's tough to find a better place to live.

I grew up in New York City - I grew up surrounded by every sound that you imagine can come from a New Yorker. All of the different boroughs and all of the different sounds.

I lived in New York City for six years, and I was always amazed at how diverse everything was.

I love, love writing about Los Angeles. I love exploring every part of it. And I find, rather than a burden, it's actually one of the most enjoyable parts of the writing process for me. I love everything about L.A. Okay, not the traffic. But I love the way it looks. I love the geography. I love the diversity.

I miss the energy of New York City and being able to step out of my apartment and see so much unique culture all the time around me without having to seek it out. In L.A., I have to sort of seek out everything I'm trying to do. It makes it less spontaneous.

I am a different person in NYC. My energy is way different. I just make sense here.

In New York City, a lot of people think "the great outdoors" is the area between your front door and a taxi cab.

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

New York City is my playground.

I've lived in London, Paris, Rio de Janeiro, New York, and Turin. But New York is my favorite city. It has so much energy, so much toughness.

I do not go outdoors... As far as I'm concerned, the whole point of living in New York City is indoors. You want greenery? Order the spinach.

I love filming in New York. I love New York movies, too. I just like it when people can take New York and make it their own, because there are so many different New Yorks.

I don't think any other city in the world... the sun doesn't shine the same way anywhere as it does in New York. And then I guess everyone's very good at hanging out. Not in a crazy way, but you're just constantly interacting and learning.

I grew up in New York.

One of the things I love about 'Rubicon' is I really recognize the New York City that they're depicting in it, having lived here for 15 years.

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

I live in New York City, so there's so much stimulation when you walk outside, it does not require a television in the home.

I love downtown Seattle. It's a city that has all of the outdoor activities and is still a very cosmopolitan city.

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

New York City is an amazing place to raise children.

I grew up in New York where there is such a different variety of people.

In New York you can just walk out and be among people. You're on the subway among people, you go to cafes, you can talk to people.

I love New York City. The energy, the theatre, the art, the food, the people, the parks and streets. But I could say the same of London or Paris, too.

I'm a city boy. I grew up in a big city, in Birmingham, and I want to write about a city. It's much richer tapestry for me than green fields. Fields and wild life make me feel ill. I don't like - I don't want to write about that stuff.