Florence King Quotes

[On what bugged him] A fine city with too many socialists and mosquitoes. At least you can spray the mosquitoes.

I'm used to driving fast; I'm a New Yorker.

Philly is more East Coast than Pittsburgh. It's closer to New Jersey and New York, so the vibe is way more fast-paced.

I really want a Christmas in New York one year, when it's snowing. Like, it's Christmas morning, and you have a fight with someone, and you run down the street, and it's snowing, and you can't find them.

I live a very quiet life, although I'm very urban and a diehard New Yorker.

I'm from New York, so I'm not a big driver.

Winter makes me want to rage.

The nice thing about New York is that you're finally able to wear those winter clothes that have been sitting in your closet in mothballs.

I grew up in Chicago, and there was always snow. In Los Angeles there never was, so we would always import snow!

Street lights, dog-doo and parking meters are not my cup of tea.

Snow is like a manic pixie dream girl: fun and whimsical when you encounter it only through the barrier of a movie screen - but absolute misery to have to put up with in real life.

When I was a kid, they used to say, 'Oh man, you don't ever wanna leave New York.' I don't ever want to stay in New York!

I love New York, but I can't deal with the cold and the small space.

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.

New York is an ugly city, a dirty city. Its climate is a scandal, its politics are used to frighten children, its traffic is madness, its competition is murderous. But there is one thing about it - once you have lived in New York and it has become your home, no place else is good enough.

There is practically no sense that is not violated every time we return from the country or the sea to Paris or London or New York.

Running with dogs is like dancing with winter

When we came back to Paris it was clear and cold and lovely.

I love the city. I love the energy of New York and what happens here. But I'm very happy I don't live in the city on a daily basis, because I really do spend a great deal of my time, when I'm not on the road, in my studio - everyday, everyday, everyday.

In the streets of New York between seven and nine in the morning you will see the slow procession of dog and owner proceeding from street to tree to hydrant to trash basket. They are apartment dogs. They are taken out twice a day, and, while it is a cliché, it is truly amazing how owner and dog resemble each other. They grow to walk alike and have the same set of head.

I stayed in L.A. long enough to get on my feet, and then I moved back to New York. The reason I moved here was that I don't feel warm outside of a city; it's too barren in the suburbs, and L.A. is a suburb. Here, it felt active.

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

I'm laying out my winter clothes and wishing I was gone, Going home, where the new york city winters aren't bleedin' me.

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

I'm a creature of the New York City streets.