“Manhattan is an accumulation of possible disasters that never happen.”

“The knife of corruption endangered the life of New York City. The scalpel of the law is making us well again.”

“This is the city, and I am one of the citizens/Whatever interests the rest interests me”

“In some neighborhoods, faces mature faster than bodies.”

“My advice for aspiring writers is go to New York. And if you cant go to New York, go to the place that represents New York to you, where the standards for writing are high, there are other people w...”