Remembering David Armstrong

"I am sometimes acerbic at parties and can act like a gnarled old queen. I am loving living in Brooklyn, having served my time in Manhattan. An old boyfriend of mine called Manhattan a very expensive penal colony, and I think he was on to something. The best thing about what I do is that it’s the only thing that sustains me. I can kick and scream about it but it gives me a great deal of satisfaction.

My usual style is a calculat...