Although I had a few jobs that I didn't like, or quit, or got fired from, I really loved New York from the moment I got here and I never stopped.
Robert BentonBeauty doesn't have anything to do with prettiness. Beauty has to do with something else; it gets into an area where words can't go.
Robert BentonIn America, people rarely stay in the town where they grew up, rarely stay in close proximity to their parents throughout their lives. You rarely find parents in their old age being taken care of by their children.
Robert BentonEverybody thought New York was this hard, cruel place, and I found it to be an extraordinarily wonderful place filled with the most interesting people.
Robert Benton