{"quotes":[{"text":"Apparently Brooklyn needn't always push itself to be something else, something conscious and anxious, something pointed toward Manhattan.... Brooklyn might sometimes also be pleased, as here on Flatbush, to be its grubby, enduring self.","author":"Jonathan Lethem","tags":["brooklyn","enduring","grubby","self"],"id":18518,"author_id":"Jonathan+Lethem"},{"text":"Oh, Williamsburg. There was a point when you seemed like a scary, tough neighborhood, but now it's obvious that the graffiti on your walls gets put there by art students.","author":"Imogen Binnie","tags":["brooklyn","new-york-city","nyc","williamsburg"],"id":20729,"author_id":"Imogen+Binnie"},{"text":"I am driven. Being driven is my energy source. It is my fun.…I believe that where there is action, there is movement, and those ripples will eventually produce something positive.","author":"Joan Rivers","tags":["brooklyn","comedy","humour","nyc","performers","writing"],"id":49026,"author_id":"Joan+Rivers"},{"text":"It gathers emotionally inside you, in a strange way a by-product of struggle, of a willingness to do anything, try anything, expose yourself to anything — staying in motion because sooner or later those ripples will cause change.","author":"Joan Rivers","tags":["brooklyn","comedy","humour","nyc","performers","writing"],"id":77876,"author_id":"Joan+Rivers"},{"text":"Somehow, some way, every person in the arts has to find an accommodation with disappointment and embarrassment. They are the pollen in the air we breathe.","author":"Joan Rivers","tags":["brooklyn","comedy","humour","nyc","performers","writing"],"id":93380,"author_id":"Joan+Rivers"},{"text":"Men were good for one thing only. Killing spiders. Other than that, I was on my own. It was sad though. Where was the chivalry of yesteryear?","author":"Kate Carlisle","tags":["brooklyn","funny","kate-carlisle"],"id":94458,"author_id":"Kate+Carlisle"},{"text":"People say it is not the key to happiness, but I have always figured if you have enough money you can have a key made.","author":"Joan Rivers","tags":["brooklyn","comedy","humour","nyc","performers","writing"],"id":101208,"author_id":"Joan+Rivers"},{"text":"Your technique means nothing if you're not using your talents for the betterment of humanity.","author":"Gene Dunn","tags":["brooklyn","cooperation","martial-arts","martial-arts-brooklyn","self-help"],"id":108856,"author_id":"Gene+Dunn"},{"text":"Liked' was the kiss of death. 'Loved' or 'hated' interested him. At least the performer had aroused emotion.","author":"Joan Rivers","tags":["brooklyn","comedy","emotion","humour","nyc","performers","writing"],"id":113705,"author_id":"Joan+Rivers"},{"text":"When the Brooklyn rain comes downhopefully it will be to fuckin' wake you up.","author":"Julian Gallo","tags":["brooklyn","poetry","urban-poetrt"],"id":113885,"author_id":"Julian+Gallo"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":37,"pages":4,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}