Born in New York City and while I lived in other citties for a while I always come back.

The rest of the U.S. is okay to visit, but I wouldn't want to live there.

Too late in life, and too poor, to find a way to move to Europe, where I've felt most at home.

A favorite quote by Spaulding Grey:

"I knew I couldn't live in America and I wasn't ready to move to Europe so I moved to an island off the coast of America - New York City .

I think of New York as a puree and the rest of the United States as vegetable soup."