You can learn more about human nature by reading the Bible than by living in New York.
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There is more sophistication and less sense in New York than anywhere else on the globe.
I really believe that you grow up a certain way in New York. There's a New York morality, a sense of loyalty. You know how to win and lose. There's a thousand kids outside, you know who to push and who not to push. There's a sixth sense you develop just because it's New York.
New York has been the subject of thousands of books. Every immigrant group has had its saga as has every epoch and social class.
New York is such a versatile city, and there's always something new to discover.
Reading about nature is fine, but if a person walks in the woods and listens carefully, he can learn more than what is in books, for they speak with the voice of God.
There's very little you're not exposed to in New York City, in terms of ideas and physical things - sights, sounds, smells, different kinds of people. But one good thing about growing up fast is you get over it fast, too.
I have tremendous affection for New York and my life, but I'm a satirist at heart. And it's easy to satirize New York.
The older I get and the longer I live in New York City, the more I have the desire to go elsewhere and be surrounded by nature.
I've lived my entire life in New York, and it informs everything.
I'm very obsessed with the energy of New York and the idea of the way people behave in the city versus the way they behave in a natural environment.