“I went through this very serious Woody Allen phase in college and a little bit after college. I still see his movies.”
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I learned a lesson which I didn't heed: Don't put yourself in your movies. It's too much.
To write a story about New York that only deals with people in your age and socioeconomic bracket, that feels dishonest to me. So much of New York comes from everyone bumping into each other.
It never made sense to me that someone would achieve any kind of success in show business, only to become a jerk.
I think that the mark of a great book is that it will meet you wherever you're at and you'll feel and experience something new and different each time you read it.