Ames

 "We were shooting the first season and we were coming up with the graphics for the opening, which showed a pulp novel called 'Bored to Death' opening up and showing the actual words of my story ... I said, 'Oh my God, this is so cool. I wish I was writing books with covers like that.' And one of the writers said to me, 'Jonathan, you have a TV show now.'"

– Jonathan Ames interviewed by Adam Sternbergh, 2021.