“Writers since at least the heyday of Gore Vidal have bemoaned their au...” — Garth Risk Hallberg Quote

Writers since at least the heyday of Gore Vidal have bemoaned their audience's defection to other forms of entertainment.

I fell in love with New York at some indeterminate point in my early years.

A fragmented film such as 'Babel' gives the impression of 'edginess' but, in its form, tells us nothing we didn't already know.

I always thought I was going to be a great poet, and go and live in New York, where the great poets lived - you know, where Whitman had walked the streets.

When something is at risk or in danger or about to be lost, those are the moments you start to realize how much it means to you.

Ultimately, theatre takes place in the minds of the audience: they all imagine the same thing at the same time.

The best horror walks a line that's completely on a psychological level, not needing the typical tropes of traditional horror filmmaking, then also having to tease out those elements in a way that makes the audience feel like they know what they're in.

One thing that probably is unique at Activision is that we really spend a lot of time up front with our audiences, and in big quantities and with a very thoughtful process, to really try and draw out from them what it is that they would like to play. So we have a pretty good sense going in what the expectation of the audience is.

I feel like L.A. is more of a showcase, and Chicago is a pure comedy scene where you're doing comedy for comedy. You're doing comedy actually for the audience that's there.