I like the streets of New York City, where I was born, better than these streets of palms. No doubt, my father liked his village in Ukraine better than the streets of New York City; and my grandfather the city and its synagogue, where he once read aloud the holy books, better than the village in which he dickered in the market-place.


Going To and Fro and Walking Up and Down (1941). Autobiography: Hollywood

Charles Reznikoff Quotes

I like the streets of New York City, where I was born, better than these streets of palms. No doubt, my father liked his village in Ukraine better...

I like the streets of New York City, where I was born, better than these streets of palms. No doubt, my father liked his village in Ukraine better...

I like the streets of New York City, where I was born, better than these streets of palms. No doubt, my father liked his village in Ukraine better...

I like the streets of New York City, where I was born, better than these streets of palms. No doubt, my father liked his village in Ukraine better...