I associated excellence in writing with New York City.

There was nothing New York liked reading about more than itself.

Narnia, Middle-earth and New York were my three fantasy universes when I was a kid.

I fell in love with New York at some indeterminate point in my early years.

I run New York City!

The city seen from the Queensboro Bridge is always the city seen for the first time, in its first wild promise of all the mystery and the beauty in the world.