“ NYC, more than any place I’ve been to, seems to be an environment in which metaphorical dick sucking is a recognized and valued currency; ‘accomplishments’ determine order, ‘friendships’ are strategic, and status is as cut and dry as a corporate ladder. It’s an environment in which the people are angular and impenetrable, rather than… bloblike and permeable (seriously). There’s something both highly respectable and highly disingenuous about it all; respectable for the transparency by which it’s all played out, disingenuous for the fact that this is how it’s all played out.

“ I think it’s basically like walking on a tightrope. If you think you’re high and you look down, you’ll start wobbling. If you look up because you think you’re not good enough you start wobbling, too, and you’ll be shaky. Just look ahead, and if you focus on the task and what you need to do…you tend to do things the right way.” - Guy Boucher