Joseph Brodsky Quotes

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

I grew up in New York and have lived here all my life. I think it's the best city in the world and can write about it with gusto and fervor and passion.

Shanghai was a peculiar city: so many people; everyone seemed to be working all the time. The skyline was beautiful.

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

I've always been drawn to city skylines.

I'm still in love with New York. It's like a dream: there's so much to do, so much culture.

Delhi is fabulous - the roads, greenery, the monuments!

Believe it or not, the sky is blue here in Glasgow. I absolutely love it here.

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.

Every time I drive into Rio from the airport, I see the city for the first time and think how strange it is.

Stand outside De Eland, on the Berenstraat Bridge over the Prinsengracht, and you see what real Amsterdam life is like.

I've always lived in a city.

I love L.A. I always have such a great time in L.A. The way I kind of define me and L.A. is the noise of the factory doesn't let me sleep well.

I love New York; I love the city. It's impossible. It's a theme park of a city, isn't it.

New York's home. It's everything I'd want it to be. It's the most inspiring city I've ever been to, and I haven't been everywhere in the world, but I've been to quite a few places.

I don't like concrete jungles.

New York is full of crazy people, and I like that.

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

You just let your lower self go, and then it takes on all these aspects of the society - the city with horns blowing, the people yelling things at each other, and the all-in-all violence and chaos of the city. Put that on stage with music, and that's what this is.

There is something about New York City that in and of itself is so theatrical hat I use to think... I use to feel when I walked out of my apartment on the way to school or anywhere that I was walking out on stage.

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 like being in my New York bubble. It's the best bubble!

I grew up in Midtown Manhattan.

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've grown so accustomed to my life in L.A., going to a Coffee Bean or getting breakfast at Kings Road Cafe. I've seen a lot of the world, but the diversity we have here is different. It's a mishmash, which is a nice comfort.