I love rhymes; I love to write a poem about New York and rhyme 'oysters' with 'The Cloisters.' And 'The lady from Knoxville who bought her brassieres by the boxful.' I just feel a sort of small triumph.

What I love about New York is just the electricity I feel right away.

A lot of the time when I write about the person that I love, I feel like I'm writing about New York.

I love New York, and I'm drawn to a certain intensity of life, but I've just never felt like I want to escape from the Midwest. A writer lives a great deal in his own head, and so one intuitively finds places where your head is more clear. New York for me is one of those places.

I love New York, I love the smell of New York... I love the subway.

I love New York. I've always loved New York.