Patrick deHahn

"It’s funny what’s shocking and surprising to them and what’s not shocking and surprising to us."

"Theater is not for punks, okay? Theater is for the strong. You have to have discipline. I love that it’s a living organism."

"Capitalism and queerness have never been compatible."

Perhaps no American city is defined by its trade-offs quite like New York. Tight living quarters and eye-popping prices are the cost of living in a dynamic metropolis. But some work force leaders fear that today’s tribulations threaten to prevent young native New Yorkers from staying and dissuade all but the wealthiest transplants from settling.

"They stopped innovating, buckled under investor pressure, and landed with private equity firms looking to cut their losses. But for millennials who grew up with them, it’s deflating to watch an era of idealistic brands end in such humiliation. The bigger worry is that it could discourage the next generation of founders and investors from seeing business as a force for good."

Not that work should give purpose to our lives. But it’s really hard to shake the feeling that the basic condition of our employment nowadays is to pretend it’s not as pointless as we know it to be.

“When you’re in a community, the question is how do you add without taking away."