New York scared me. I was scaredof the black people, the way they stared at me. I was...

New York scared me. I was scared
of the black people, the way they stared at me. I was scared of the Jews,
the ones dressed all in black with the hats and the beards
and the side curls. I was scared of
the sheer quantity of people, all shapes and sizes of people spilling from high, high filthy buildings
onto the sidewalk... I was scared of
the honking hullabaloo of traffic