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" Manhattan is so tailored. It's driven by appealing to the very wealthy and tourists. "

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" I read all the time. Sometimes I get asked if I've thought about writing a novel. "

" I was late to the Knicks. My dad was a big fan. But I first started watching baseball; I became a Red Sox fan. My dad was a Mets fan. I wanted to have my own team and league. "

" We all have these notions of cool that come about at different points in our lives, and it's interesting in how it evolves or doesn't evolve in different people. "

" I can feel pretty critical of people, and I understand that sort of feeling of when you're going through something that's painful, taking it out on the world and projecting onto other people, finding faults with other people because it's harder to find faults in yourself. "

" I've had times in my life when I really haven't been able to figure myself out. "

" When you find yourself on the Internet when you're supposed to be writing, you've already lost. It's even beyond procrastination when you end up on the Internet. "

" I don't like when you necessarily know that this is the end of the movie. I like when a movie ends abruptly. You go through this, and some of the scenes are uncomfortable, and some are funny - and then suddenly it's over. "

" The real achievement of Woody Allen was that he was making movies that felt very personal, and for a whole group of people, it spoke to them. Then he became an archetype, like Groucho Marx or Chaplin. "

" I've had great experiences or joyful experiences making a movie that people found very disturbing. "

" Even fairly serious moviegoers can't shake this shadow of the corporate world. "

" When I was a kid, I would fantasize about my own funeral. "

" I love black-and-white movies that are about contemporary subjects. "

" I kind of live like a writer. I get up and I write. I've done that my whole life. "

" I think I was going through a lot of change at 27, but I didn't know it was happening until it was over. "

" It's going to start really interfering with your quality of life, your health, if you don't adjust to life as it's happening to you. "

" I think anxiety is dangerous, but it makes you think it's your friend. "

" I'm good with a grill. I like to make cheeseburgers - I once read in a David Goodis crime novel that you're only supposed to flip a burger once. "

" I wouldn't say 'Frances Ha' is autobiographical, but it's definitely very personal. "

Autobiographical

" I used to get up and write every day, even if I wasn't working on a specific thing. Now, when I have a thing I'm in the middle of, I do that, but when I'm not, time can go by when I'm not writing at all. "

" I try to procrastinate, if I can, productively, like I'll work on something else as procrastination. Or I take a walk. Because often I find, if you get out, more things come to you. "

Procrastination

" I like the way corduroys feel. I like the sort of jean aspect of corduroys, but also the texture of them. They probably remind me of my childhood, too, I think. I wore cords, and my dad had a corduroy jacket. "

" Adaptations are fun for me because they connect to the idea of filmmaking I had when I was a kid. I would see a movie and think: 'I'm gonna make that movie.' "

" I think I've always been drawn to the notion of talk as cinematic. "

" A lot of black-and-white films generally have a color version that will be used for TV. "

Black-And-White

" I've definitely been in situations where I could tell someone was interested in me, but I could tell they were insulting me in some passive/aggressive way, so I felt bad about myself at the same time. "

" I think all my movies are about transitions to some degree. "

" Other people have worked with big studios and maintained control over their movies. I see no reason why it wouldn't work for me. "

" When I make a movie, I have both a specific and vague, amorphous dream idea of what the movie is going to be. Of course, I don't actually know what it's going to be, but I'm still striving to get to some place with it. "

" I get a lot of responses to my movies. Some people say, 'Oh, I thought it was really funny - I hope that's okay!' And my answer always is 'Yes. It's totally okay.' "

" Defining yourself by your taste is easier than defining yourself by any genuine stance on something. "