“I don't like jokes about sex or bodily functions or drug use or the difference between New York and L.A. I never do any of that.” UseSexDifferencesNew YorkDrugJokesFunctionDrug UseBodily Functions Author:David Letterman
“What's the difference in opening from scratch in Philly or opening from scratch in New York? The old out-of-town tryout circuit - taking the show pre-Broadway to cities like Boston, New Haven, Philadelphia, Washington - has sort of been replaced with the amount of workshops we do.” ShowsDifferencesCitiesHavensNew YorkAmountTownsOpeningReplacedBroadwayScratchesBostonPhiladelphiaWorkshopsCircuitsTryouts Author:Patti LuPone
“I've worked with the Warrens. For about 20 years. I was really good friends with Ed. Ed and Lorraine. We went our separate ways, there were a few differences. In their organization, being that they were from Connecticut, I started the New York City chapter of the organization and handled things in New York. But eventually I was out on my own. But I've been friends with them for a long time.” WayYearsLongDifferencesMy OwnCitiesNew YorkLong TimeOrganizationNew York CityChaptersGood FriendConnecticutReally Good FriendsLorraineSeparate Ways Author:Ralph Sarchie
“There's a big difference between the National Book Awards and the Academy Awards. At the Academy Awards you can feel the greed and envy and ego. Whereas the National Book Awards are in New York.” FeelsBookBigsDifferencesNew YorkEgoGreedEnvyAwardsAcademyAcademy Awards Author:Steve Martin
“For example, when I was writing Leviathan, which was written both in New York and in Vermont - I think there were two summers in Vermont, in that house I wrote about in Winter Journal, that broken-down house... I was working in an out-building, a kind of shack, a tumble-down, broken-down mess of a place, and I had a green table. I just thought, "Well, is there a way to bring my life into the fiction I'm writing, will it make a difference?" And the fact is, it doesn't make any difference. It was a kind of experiment which couldn't fail.” ThinkingWayWritingWellsKindTwoFactsHouseDifferencesFictionFailingWrittenNew YorkExampleBuildingBrokenSummerTablesGreenWinterExperimentsMessMaking A DifferenceJournalBroken DownVermontShackLeviathan Author:Paul Auster
“I don't necessarily notice too much of a change in the sense of the kind of matches that I have in say a Los Angeles as opposed to a New York City. The big difference that I notice, and this is what all love as New York city and Philadelphia has treated me fantastically, but man, you cannot screw up in Philadelphia and New York.” MenKindBigsDifferencesCitiesToo MuchNew YorkTreatedLos AngelesNew York CityScrewsPhiladelphiaScrew Ups Author:Adam Cole