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I grew up in Manhattan, and now I live in Brooklyn.

There are two New Yorks - Manhattan and everything else. I'm a Manhattanite. I feel sorry for those people who aren't.

When I grew up, I was in Manhattan the whole time. But my kids have been all over the world.

I'm a native New Yorker. Everything to do with New York feels like my family.

When you live in New York, one of two things happen - you either become a New Yorker, or you feel more like the place you came from.

I definitely feel like a native New Yorker. My personality was formed there.

I'm one with New York, and New York is one with me. I grew up there; there's no escaping it. We're like Siamese twins, if you separate us, I'll die.

I've lived most of my life in Manhattan, but as close as Brooklyn is to Manhattan, there are people who live there who have been to Manhattan maybe once or twice.

My dad grew up in Washington Heights. I grew up in New York in Manhattan. So we're purebred New Yorkers.

I think New York has evolved in my work just the way the city has.