Your relationship with an agent has got to be mutually beneficial. If you can't help their careers then they're not going to be interested.
When I started you didn't make a lot of money by being a comedian. You...
I feel an intense intimacy with those who have this loathing interest in me....
However I was a restaurant critic at Chicago magazine before I worked at Esquire and I've been a really enthusiastic home cook for a long time. It's just something I'm passionate about.