When I took over 'The New Yorker,' there was a very, very good, smart staff in place.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
It was an incredible resource. I'd sit with a big stack of bound New Yorkers in the library and read through, especially the 'Talk of the Town' sections.
You can get the true essence of New Yorkers by just hanging out in Central Park.
New York seems to be absolutely filled with brilliant people.
'The New Yorker' was really my first experience with serious editing. Previously, I'd more or less just had copyediting with a few suggestions - not much.
I'm a New Yorker, and working in New York was divine for me. I loved working there and going to work there, which I've been able to do three or four times in my career, and I just love it. It's my favorite.
What's so fascinating about New Yorkers is that each person has a whole lexicon of personal logic in the way that they decipher and do what has to be done to enjoy, stay alive, take pleasure in this place.
I've always essentially been a New Yorker.
I used to never miss the 'New Yorker' or 'New York.' Now I never bother.
I still think of myself really as a New Yorker.
The New York Quarterly is an amazing, intelligent, crazy, creative, strange, and indispensable magazine.