If psychoanalysis was late 19th century secular Judaismโs way of finding spiritual meaning in a post-religious world, and retail is the late 20th centuryโs way of finding spiritual meaning in a post-religious world, what does it mean that Iโm impersonating the father of psychoanalysis in a store window to commemorate a religious holiday?
David RakoffBeing a stranger was like being dead, and brought to mind how, in a book he had read that most folks misunderstood one common state: The flip side of love is indifference, not hate.
David RakoffNew York is breaking my heart. Iโve often said that itโs like having a really interesting boyfriend suddenly becoming really, really into wine, and having to have endless conversations about it.
David RakoffI have managed to establish an identity that is based on my internal self, and for that I feel tremendously lucky.
David RakoffHave you ever had one of those moments when you know that you're being visited by your own future? They come so rarely and with little fanfare, those moments. They're not particularly photogenic. There's no breach in the clouds to reveal the shining city on a hill. No folk dancing children outside your bus, no production values to speak of- just a glimpse of such quotidian, incontrovertible truth that after the initial shock at the supreme weirdness of it all, a kind of calm sets in. So this is to be my life.
David Rakoff