The New York Quarterly is an amazing, intelligent, crazy, creative, strange, and indispensable magazine.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Most magazines have peak moments. They live on, they do just okay, or they die. 'The New Yorker' has had a very different kind of existence.
I produced some very good work at 'New York' magazine.
New York is a field of tireless and antagonistic interests undoubtedly fascinating but horribly unreal. Everybody is looking at everybody else a foolish crowd walking on mirrors.
I think the 'New York Times' reviews overall tend to overlook popular fiction, whether you're a man, woman, white, black, purple or pink. I think there are a lot of readers who would like to see reviews that belong in the range of commercial fiction.
What I love about New York is that everyone is in their own world. It's the opposite of L.A. - there, everyone is looking outside of themselves to see who's next to them. What's great about New York is that you get to be anonymous.
New York is great for busy creative types. The city has a pulse that races, and you either keep up with it or you leave.
It's been fascinating working on a set in New York. Just to be in the thick of it is really interesting, because on any given day you're having to react to what New York is offering, if that's a thunderstorm or blocked traffic or a bunch of noise.
When I took over 'The New Yorker,' there was a very, very good, smart staff in place.
My favorite magazine is the 'Harvard Business Review.' If someone sat across from me in a restaurant and didn't know me, that might surprise them.
Yeah, the New York Times is very intellectual and very, very prestigious, but it doesn't reach the market that People magazine does.