People don't seem to have a problem with a romanticized New York, in fact that's almost all they ever do, in some sense, is romanticize that place. Los Angeles deserves the same courtesy.
Matthew SpecktorMy parents were very patient with my pretentious little adolescent snobberies. It took me awhile to accept them.
Matthew SpecktorSometimes it seems to me that the celebration of a person is really just a prelude to ridicule.
Matthew SpecktorI sometimes get asked if I think about film stuff while I'm writing fiction, and the answer is, of course not.
Matthew Specktor