I’m recognized more on the streets because of HBO. I did a Making Of, in which I am
interviewed quite a lot. Not unlike the way I am sitting her now. There was also a tour of
Brooklyn, Jason and I went on a tour of Brooklyn. So, I was very visible and I think my red
beard, which I’ve had for a year now, people notice its. So, policemen stop me on the street.
Initially, I thought maybe he thought I was drunk, it wasn’t, but I had just tripped when he said,
“Come here.” But it turned out he was a fan of Bored to Death. A fireman stopped me. Some
other people have come up and said, I love your show. So, there’s been more of that. People had
recognized me from my books, but there’s definitely been a slight increase in being recognized.
My personal life hasn’t changed that much. I still live very frugally, though I did buy a new bed.
I had the same bed for about a dozen years. I seem to be picked up and taken in cars more often.
You know? And maybe being involved with a TV show, when you’re writing a book, it’s just
you and the pressure of the world is just on you or you feel the pressure of the world, or one’s
own self-involved universe. But here, I do have a lot of people involved and a lot of people that I
want to please. You know the actors with the lines I write, HBO with the stories I’m coming up
with and to justify their investment. So, in my personal life, I do feel there is an increase in
pressure, but there are also greater rewards and I might as well try. I’ll try, and if I fail, I’ll be in
a lot of pain, but there’s, as I’ve said before, I have the crème fresh of problems. These are good
problems to have.