I think when you get out of the big cities people get really freaked out when they see someone who is on TV, because they're not used to that.

Also, I think more and more people are yearning to get out of the big cities, have a garden, and maybe go hunting or fishing.

I used to walk in the Bowery in the early 1980s, and it was not safe. It went from this to Disneyland under Giuliani and Bloomberg. This is now one of the best-run big cities in the world.

Big cities do evoke a sense of menace.

Because there are a lot of big cities in the world, people who live in cities have become more isolated than ever.

I'm a big-city boy. What I like is big cities. It's not just what I like. It's what I write about.