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New York is such a competitive place; it tears people apart. People come here and, if they can't make it in the first month, they get torn apart and they have to go back to where they came from. I don't think that's terribly healthy.

There is more sophistication and less sense in New York than anywhere else on the globe.

The creative core of New York has never been native New Yorkers; it's people from all over the world.

In New York, everyone's desperate for success, desperate for money and desperate to be accepted, but in London they're more laid back about things like that.

The best thing about New York is everything is available. Whatever you want, New York has got it!

We've shown the world that New York can never be defeated, because of its dynamic and diverse population and because it embodies the spirit of enterprise and the love of liberty. And because no matter who you are, if you believe in yourself and your dream, New York will always be the place for you.

Part of that is that New York has proved to be too much fun for me to live and work; I love New York so much.

I think I got disappointed over the years about New York, about the States. You know, sometimes you go and visit Europe and see good old socialism in its good part! You see public concern about art, and young people's participation and young faces in the audience.

Whereas I think in New York every step is a detour in every direction.