Philosophically, I don't like doing commercials.
Old San Francisco - the one so many nostalgics yearn for - had buildings that related well to each other.
Americans are pragmatic, relatively uncomplicated, hearty and given to broad humor.
I have a memory like an elephant. I remember every elephant I've ever met.
Satire of satire tends to be self-canceling, and deliberate shock tactics soon lose their ability to shock, especially when they're too deliberate.
New Yorkers are stuck in a gloomy mucilage of mutual commiseration.