Power and Roar

"New York turns its back on the Atlantic. The power and roar New York looks to are its own."
Cynthia Ozick, Quarrel & Quandary

Psychoanalysis

"In New York everyone is on psychoanalysis and they never get anything done, they never get off it."
William S. Burroughs, Conversations with William S. Burroughs (Literary Conversations Series)

New York Attitude

"LA is the me city, Ruby said, and New York is the you city. In LA it's fuck me. In New York it's fuck you. Adopt the attitude. It's all in the face. Mostly in the eyes."
Tom Spanbauer, In the City of Shy Hunters