Say what you will about him Ed Koch is still the best show in town.

I don't ask for the meaning of the song of a bird or the rising of the sun on a misty morning. There they are, and they are beautiful.

He tried to imagine the sound of the color red.

Don't tell me about the world. Not today. It's springtime and they're knocking baseball around fields where the grass is damp and green in the morning and the kids are trying to hit the curve ball.

For those without money, the road to the treasure house of the imagination begins at the public library.

In the end, the only thing the true New Yorker knows about New York is that it is unknowable.

Writing is the hardest work in the world not involving heavy lifting.

More than anything, it's a game of innocence. Politicians may come and go, but they always get booed at the ballpark.

It's odd being an American now. Most of us are peaceful, but here we are again, in our fifth major war of this century.

The library is a place where most of the things I came to value as an adult had their beginnings.

This is truly marvelous work full of mystery, nostalgia, joy, The Color of Whimsy.

My policy is to have no policy.

Still, it is an error to argue in front of your data. You find yourself insensibly twisting them round to fit your theories.

To race Formula three is very high risk and I am not going to take a chance. Thank god I am not doing it!

It must be a sign of talent that I do not give up, though I can get nobody to take an interest in my efforts.

It is undoubtedly easier to believe in absolutes, follow blindly, mouth received wisdom. But that is self-betrayal.

It's so important to always be yourself. If you do that, you will be successful as you, instead of worrying about trying to conform.

Waiting for the spark from heaven to fall.

It is the youngest in the family who tends to the elders to learn about the sacredness of life and the beauty of death.

I had danced when I was younger, until I was about 12, and I always idealized it, as most young girls do, as the most beautiful art. It's an expression without words.

I am driven by great work and seeing people do incredible things and having a part in that.