In New York, even if you’re a Catholic, you’re Jewish. – Lenny Bruce

When an American stays away from New York too long something happens to him. Perhaps he becomes a little provincial, a little dead and afraid. – Sherwood Anderson

Criticism is prejudice made plausible. – H. L. Mencken

Critics are like pigs at the pastry cart. – John Updike

It is absurd to divide people into good and bad. People are either charming or tedious. – Oscar Wilde