And if you were always spending your time getting over your past, how were you supposed to get on with your future?

As Im writing, certain things become clear to me and certain things begin to feel right and make sense. The pieces start to fall into place.

Out of all the neighborhoods in Manhattan, Soho in particular had the charged atmosphere of a movie set, populated with passersby who looked like extras from Central Casting, so perfectly did they fit into this environment. There was the feeling of everything being not quite real, or too perfectly cliched to actually be true, and it began to rain in a fine, misty drizzle from a black patent leather sky.

What I have yet to see is a real woman choose a younger man because he spent six hours a day at the gym trying to sculpt his abs.

I don't consider my work a job. I consider it a career. And you don't quit a career.

I have to tell you, TV is an incredibly difficult medium. The most challenging show to do is the hour long dramedy. It's a very tricky format.

... he was juggling issues and solving problems, which was why his brain had no space left for memories.