“In September of 2001, I was living in the West Village of Manhattan, w...” — Douglas Brunt Quote

In September of 2001, I was living in the West Village of Manhattan, working from my home for a tech start-up.

I've been pretty damn happy since 2001. More apparent danger than real danger for me, and even the apparent danger hasn't kept me from feeling warm, safe and loved. I've found love and a partner to raise three children that I'm glad to have brought into this beautiful world.

Washington isn't utterly dysfunctional.

In my first book, 'Ghosts Of Manhattan,' the setting was Wall Street, and I explored the predictable nature of a bond trader inside the compensation scheme at Bear Stearns and the government regulations of Wall Street. That was about money.

I was born in Manhattan and grew up in Scarsdale. Scarsdale didn't work for me as a place at all.

It's weird, in New York City, we consider anything above Manhattan 'upstate.'

I'd gone to Manhattan to become a model.

In Manhattan, I often do two or three or more shows a night, so I'm always working on new material.

I got a job writing for a financial technology newsletter in Manhattan. I didn't even understand what I was writing about. The newsletter had, like, 2,000 subscribers, and it was $700 a year for a subscription.