The Year in Interviews

This year we interviewed just under 300 people. From die hard New Yorkers to those just passing through our fair city, here are some our faves. And if you really wanna get reflective, here's our best of interview post from 2007.

Paul Auster talked to us about his home borough, Brooklyn.

You've told so many "only in New York" stories throughout your career. Are there any more recent ones that come to mind? Well, down the street from me--we live in a brownstone, my wife and I. There’s an apartment building a few doors down in which the entire world lives--everywhere. And there’s a man from I imagine India. He walks around in white robes, he has a long beard, he wears sandals. He’s obviously a religious man. And every time I see him, he bows to me and I bow to him. We’ve never exchanged a word. There’s just this kind of a mutual understanding. And I think that’s something I love about living in Brooklyn and in New York, these kinds of connections between strangers.

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