“ Why did I become a writer? Because I grew up in New York City, and there were seven newspapers in New York City, and my family was an inveterate reader of newspapers and I loved holding a paper in my hand. It was something sacred. Buzz Bissinger Journalist
“ He who touches the soil of Manhattan and the pavement of New York, touches, whenever he knows or not, Walt Whitman. Lewis Mumford Historian
“ Every person on the streets of New York is a type. The city is one big theater where everyone is on display. Jerry Rubin Businessman
“ New York is to the nation what the white church spire is to the village - the visible symbol of aspiration and faith, the white plume saying the way is up! E. B. White Writer