John Darnielle Quotes

I love cities. New York, Montreal, London, Amsterdam, Tokyo, Hong Kong, Singapore, Sydney, Melbourne, Toronto, L.A... but, I do choose to live in Vancouver. It's home.

I loved living in London, and I didn't want to leave.

I love Brooklyn; it's a part of who you are.

I actually love writing for teens best. I had such an awful time in my own teen years - I love having the chance to relive them through my fiction.

I made some friends who are still friends, and this is the city of my birth. I love living here when there's a reason to, other than just moving here. I still don't like the winters here, but it's an amazing city and I love it.

I love Northampton. As exciting and glamorous as New York can be, I'm always really relieved to get back there.

If you've seen 'Friday Night Lights' - that was just like my town.

I grew up in New York, I love New York.

Born and raised in Paris, I am deeply attached to my city; we almost have half a century of love story together, where I have been truly completely faithful! The most beautiful city in the world is my city, yeepeeee!

Everyone feels like family and I am back in the city that I love.

I love New York. I love L.A. too. I love both places.

It sounds like a cliche, but it... you do sing about what you know about. And I grew up in a small town, and I grew up in a place where your whole world revolved around friends, family, school, and church, and sports.

One of the things I love about 'Rubicon' is I really recognize the New York City that they're depicting in it, having lived here for 15 years.

While I'm a New Yorker at heart, and 'Harlem Honey' runs through my veins, Atlanta - its awesome residents and glorious landscapes - has a special place in the hearts of my family and I.

I would like to live in New York - it is my favourite city; I love it.

New York is an ugly city, a dirty city... But there is one thing about it. Once you have lived in New York and it has become your home, no place else is good enough.

I think I'll always live in Fort Worth. It's great that I can now go anywhere I want to play music, but I love coming back here. I can roll down the streets and just reminisce.

I have never felt salvation in nature. I love cities above all.

I'd excluded New York from my writing, and then I came back and I fell in love with it all over again. The energy comes from an absence, that yearning for New York when you are not there.

After spending 22 years in Ohio, I love everything about New York.

I really love going back home. I think going back to a nice, relaxed little town is the best way to do it.

I loved growing up in Tulsa.

I live in L.A. and love L.A., and you couldn't drag me out of there kicking and screaming.

L.A. is only where you live, because otherwise it's just a sprawling mass of everything, and I think if you live in L.A., you get a little network of places you go, and people you see, and when you leave town, you do miss those places and your friends.

I love Toronto, It's the best city.