It is advertising and the logic of consumerism that governs the depiction of reality in the mass media.
We live in a moment of history where change is so speeded up that we begin to see the present only when it is already disappearing.
I always find it kind of embarrassing, kind of funny, and kind of exciting. In New York I'm recognized a lot, although nobody says anything. You know, they stare at you just a second too long. But in Paris it's not as commonplace to be recognized.