With 'Urban Secrets,' I just really liked the idea of wandering around chatting to people.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
If all I ever wrote about was inner city freaks, I think it would be dishonest.
That is a lot of the reason I do what I do, to really spread the word and spread information and turn people onto different things they may not be, y'know, aware of. That is what Naked City is certainly about.
I run everywhere and eavesdrop. It's the best way to see a city.
It's a thrilling world, and people really like stories about secrets, which is the essence of a spy drama.
Secrets are very intriguing - I always think that's an interesting theme.
I like the idea of a world, even within a big giant city, where you're not anonymous. You have an identity, and that's an identity that's known just sort of by shopkeepers. I felt that as a kid, and I loved it.
Slightly embarrassing admission: Even when I was a kid, I used to have these little spy books, and I would, like, see what everybody was doing in my neighborhood and log it down.
I have lived most of my life in small towns, and I'm in the habit of knowing and talking to everyone.
I've always been really interested in secrets - how people find ways of doing things without telling anyone else in order to keep themselves feeling safe in the world.
I liked roaming around by myself.