My perfect first date? Maybe a concert or a football game. That would be my ideal first date, but would the girl like it? I dont know.

New York's a big playground. I have a bike, and I'm really into just being outside. Especially in the summertime.

All you need is a pool table, beer, an electric jukebox and good conversation. The day a girl beats me in a game of Beirut [a kind of beer pong] is a good sign!

Sometimes with certain writing, you feel like you've got to be literal, hit it hard on the nose, just to get the point across. Good writing is more subversive I think - or good scenes. They are about one thing on the page but you can make it about something completely different.

Really, I'm pretty laid-back, always cracking jokes.

Personally I'm obsessive-compulsive about the placement and cleanliness of my things.

There are always those Gossip Girl walk-and-talk scenes where you're walking and just talking about life and death. You're having a serious conversation, looking someone in the eye, but everywhere around you, it's literally a circus.