Munira Mirza Quotes

I loved living in London, and I didn't want to leave.

I've lived a lot of my life in London, so I often feel that I am a Londoner.

The best thing about being in New York is the people, and you get to walk everywhere.

One of the great things about making 'Reel History' was meeting British people from all over the class system. It made me realise that London is a different country.

I wrote a book of essays about New York called 'The Colossus of New York,' but it's not about - you know, when I'm writing about rush hour or Central Park, it's not a black Central Park, it's just Central Park, and it's not a black rush hour, it's just rush hour.

I simply love to live here. London is a world city. There is so much you can do. There are many different cultures here, and I just feel very, very comfortable.

I think life in London is good.

The more time you spend in London, the more you become a Londoner.

To live in a city is to be forever flinching.

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

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

Though Suparna is a Malayali, she has spent a large part of her life in Mumbai. She's a Mumbai girl. In fact, I saw the real Mumbai through Suparna's eyes. Of course, I knew Mumbai before I got to know Suparna. But it was Suparna who showed me sides to Mumbai I had never seen.

I love London, Hong Kong, Tokyo, Paris - there are a million places I could imagine I like, but N.Y. is home.

I am a proud, British-born Muslim, and I love my country more than any other place on earth.

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!'

In England, we've spent a bit of time being lost as to what our modern identity is.

To live in New York is to see the world as it is to come.

Cities can be paradoxical places. In the mornings they buzz with commuters, in the evenings they come alive with diners and partygoers, at weekends the streets fill with shoppers and market traders. But amidst the hustle and bustle, even the greatest city can be a lonely place.

This is the city, and I am one of the citizens/Whatever interests the rest interests me

... the business of life shuts us up within the environs of London and within sight of human advancement, which I should be so very glad to believe in without seeing.

When I'm at school in the city, I don't feel particularly worldly or wise. It's only when I come back home that I remember exactly why I left.

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 love New York. You're never alone, but you're always on your own.

There is something distinctive about living in New York; over eight million other people are doing it.