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“I don’t tend to think in terms of a moral authority – be a good boy, do good things – more in terms of what feels right.”
- John Cusack
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PERSONAL JOURNEYS
Hollywood and the death of journalism
When I was in high school I was the editor of my high school newspaper, The Rampage. I was planning on studying journalism in college. I took the written word, particularly in newsprint, very seriously. I read up on journalistic [...]
NYC redux
I sat in my window seat, somewhere high above the Midwest, wondering if I had made a terrible mistake. What exactly did I hope to achieve by returning to the city where I had spent perhaps the loneliest years of [...]
My unpaid internship cost a professional his job
As exciting as it was to be on the Warner Bros. lot, my summer internship in feature development confirmed my suspicions that I couldn’t be trapped inside of an office all day reading scripts. The following year, I returned to [...]
‘Today, Father, is Father’s Day’
Not everyone has a father who showed films in their living room while growing up, to a roomful of invited guests. I don’t mean we had a screening room. This was in a large, rambling, West End Avenue apartment, north [...]
Sleeping with the Dalai Lama
I adore my father. He is a doctor and an intellectual. He tells the best jokes, he listens to you and he is a great teacher. He is known for his calm demeanor and immense empathy. My father is fantastic [...]
Like father, like son, like the Rolling Stone
Jet-setting from L.A. to New York and back again was part of my dad’s normal business routine. In 1985, a particular plane trip he took, directly and dramatically influenced and inspired my life. What has resonated over the years is [...]