Quote of the Day
Authors Categories Blog Quote Maker Videos
 

Geoff Dyer Quotes: There's something about New York. You can get a nice feeling of belonging as a writer here. It's probably the best city on Earth like that. I miss the wisecracking of New York.
         

There's something about New York. You can get a nice feeling of belonging as a writer here. It's probably the best city on Earth like that. I miss the wisecracking of New York.


Geoff Dyer
Check all other quotes by Geoff Dyer

Want to display this quote image on your website or blog? Simply copy and paste the below code on your website/blog.

Embed:

Format of this image is jpg. The width and height of image are 1200 and 630, repectively. This image is available for free to download.





Citation

Use the citation below to add this quote to your bibliography:


Styles:

×

MLA Style Citation


"Geoff Dyer Quotes." Quoteslyfe.com, 2024. Sun. 24 Nov. 2024. <https://www.quoteslyfe.com/quote/There-s-something-about-New-York-You-602675>.





Check out


Other quotes of Geoff Dyer


Have regrets. They are fuel. On the page they flare into desire.

Have regrets. They are fuel. On the page they flare into desire.



The ideal is to feel at home anywhere, everywhere.

The ideal is to feel at home anywhere, everywhere.



One's happiness is very largely a question of state of mind rather than the world you are looking at.

One's happiness is very largely a question of state of mind rather than the world you are looking at.



Nine times out of 10, the most charming thing to say in any given situation will be the exact opposite of what one really feels.

Nine times out of 10, the most charming thing to say in any given situation will be the exact opposite of what one really feels.



To be interested in something is to be involved in what is essentially a stressful relationship with that thing, to suffer anxiety on its behalf.

To be interested in something is to be involved in what is essentially a stressful relationship with that thing, to suffer anxiety on its behalf.



All the best essays are epistemological journeys from ignorance or curiosity to knowledge.

All the best essays are epistemological journeys from ignorance or curiosity to knowledge.



Life is bearable even when it's unbearable: that is what's so terrible, that is the unbearable thing about it.

Life is bearable even when it's unbearable: that is what's so terrible, that is the unbearable thing about it.



Quite often, ambition operates on a level of irritation. Not even jealousy, just irritation.

Quite often, ambition operates on a level of irritation. Not even jealousy, just irritation.



When you are lonely, writing can keep you company. It is also a form of self-compensation, a way of making up for things—as opposed to making things up—that did not quite happen.

When you are lonely, writing can keep you company. It is also a form of self-compensation, a way of making up for things—as opposed to making things up—that did not quite happen.



If you help them (the crew) create good memories, they'll forget all the bad stuff

If you help them (the crew) create good memories, they'll forget all the bad stuff





Other quotes you may like


I don't believe god has a darling tribe or nation, all tribes and nations are his darlings.

I don't believe god has a darling tribe or nation, all tribes and nations are his darlings.



Hitting rock bottom is the most precious level of our lives: because then we can choose which foundation to build, direction to take, and mental programs to embrace.

Hitting rock bottom is the most precious level of our lives: because then we can choose which foundation to build, direction to take, and mental programs to embrace.



Everyone is given the potential to excel, whether you do or not is entirely up to you.

Everyone is given the potential to excel, whether you do or not is entirely up to you.



What life can I live that will let me breathe in and out and love somebody or something and not run off screaming into the woods?

What life can I live that will let me breathe in and out and love somebody or something and not run off screaming into the woods?



I'm going now. My time has come.

I'm going now. My time has come.



The motives that lead us to do anything might be arranged like the thirty-two winds and might be given names on the same pattern: for instance, "bread-bread-fame" or "fame-fame-bread."

The motives that lead us to do anything might be arranged like the thirty-two winds and might be given names on the same pattern: for instance, "bread-bread-fame" or "fame-fame-bread."



Faith is tossed about by various doubts, so that the minds of the godly are rarely at peace.

Faith is tossed about by various doubts, so that the minds of the godly are rarely at peace.



I'm very focused on projects that help people, not just help me.

I'm very focused on projects that help people, not just help me.



when General Eisenhower defined an intellectual as "a man who takes more words than is necessary to tell more than he knows", he was speaking not as a Republican but as an American.

when General Eisenhower defined an intellectual as "a man who takes more words than is necessary to tell more than he knows", he was speaking not as a Republican but as an American.




Quote Description


This page presents the quote "There's something about New York. You can get a nice feeling of belonging as a writer here. It's probably the best city on Earth like that. I miss the wisecracking of New York.". Author of this quote is Geoff Dyer. This quote is about missing, earth, nice, new york, belonging, feelings,.