One of the weird things about L.A. is that there's always a set of negative perceptions that attaches itself to this city.
Matthew SpecktorI sometimes get asked if I think about film stuff while I'm writing fiction, and the answer is, of course not.
Matthew SpecktorMy own sense is that fiction is inching its way over to join poetry on the cultural margin. It's an area of passionate concern for me, as for many people, but it's nowhere near as central to the culture as it used to be.
Matthew SpecktorA lot of talent, a lot of the currency that movies used to have, has spilled over into TV. People talk about TV the way they used to talk about movies and, as much as I hate to say it, the way they used to talk about books.
Matthew Specktor