Michael Bastian Quotes

I live in New York. I don't really particularly want to move to LA.

I bought a house in LA, hanging out there and spending a lot of time in Toronto, but not much.

Technically, I split my time between N.Y.C. and Boston.

I use the city because it saves time, I don't have to do a lot of research on the setting.

I spend a lot of time in L.A., and I think it would probably be easier if I lived there work wise, but there's no city like London, there is so much going on. I can jump on the Tube and be anywhere in 20 minutes, and all my friends and family are here and I'm not prepared to give that up.

Los Angeles is an amazing city to live in, but the traffic is unbelievable. It's overwhelming at times. It's the source of a lot of frustration.

Normally I'm really lucky because I can go down to my local shops and no one cares. I take the Tube and the bus so it's kind of the perfect balance.

L.A. style is more laid back than London, mainly because it's always sunny. In London, the cold means you get to rock layers. And you can't go wrong with a trench coat!

In Brooklyn, I don't feel that I'm holding up people with briefcases if I catch a stroller wheel in the sidewalk.

I like driving; I don't drive since I live in New York. I don't have an opportunity to drive, like, ever.

You're perceived as being a success if you find a job in some big city and work with hundreds of other people and draw a paycheck every month.

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.

It just so happened that for most of my life I've lived in the suburbs.

It's not realistic to live in the country at this stage. I've got a business in London. I beat myself up about it all the time.

Life in LA is not lying in the sun for months. It is having a 4pm meeting and leaving at noon to sit in traffic for four hours. It's not glam.

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 love this thing about L.A. that we always make fun of but always do, which is talk about traffic and which direction we're going.

I have no limo. In cities, I usually hail a taxi like everyone else.

I've never lived in Los Angeles. I've always lived 30 miles away in Long Beach.

A million people a day go to work in this city and they drive themselves. I don't see why I'm any different.

My home is in Chicago, but I have an apartment in Los Angeles.

New York is my home. L.A. is my work.

Living in N.Y.C. has truly awakened me to the New York elite and their penchant for the city's self-described brilliant public transit system. I think it sucks... just like public transit always does.

I stayed back in Delhi for a year-and-a-half while I was working in the corporate sector. My office was in Qutab Institutional Area, and I used to live in CR Park at that point.

I love the idea of a dress or a coatdress rather than a suit with a jacket.