Tourist Questions

Ed Sullivan Theater

"Questions Asked By Tourists Visiting New York City:
'Does it always smell like this?'
'Do you think we'll ever see our luggage again?'
'Which way to the emergency room?'
'How do I get to Seinfeld's apartment?'
'Which way to the hookers?'
'Do what myself?'"
David Letterman, The Mammoth Book of Comic Quotes

Fair-Weather City

Flatiron Plaza

"New York's a grand place when things are going well. It's the worst place in the world when things are bad."
Alec Waugh, Wheels Within Wheels

Foreign Body

United Nations Building

"This is how New York affects me, like a foreign body in the eye, delicious and unbearable, evoking tears of emotion and all-consuming fury."
Albert Camus, Lyrical and Critical Essays