"I rewrote it and I took all your notes. Read it again, that kind of persistence paid off." -- David Steinberg
David Steinberg (born 1944) is a photographer, author, and journalist whose work focuses on issues of masculinity and sexuality. He was awarded Best Photographer for the Erotic Awards 2010 and is the editor of Photo Sex: Fine Art Sexual Photography Comes of Age and The Erotic Impulse : Honoring the Sensual Self. He writes a column in San Francisco, California's local newspaper, SFGate, and currently lives in Santa Cruz.
David Steinberg's writings on sex and gender have been published in news outlets such as the SF Weekly, and political publications such as The Sun Magazine and the Gay and Lesbian Review.
"And it was a huge emotional thing to leave the law and become unemployed - to be a student again.""Being a lawyer in New York sucks because you're working eighty, sometimes a hundred hours a week.""I started writing this feature comedy in New York - a Chris Farley vehicle. The script was decent. When I got to LA, I met some new friends in film school and had them read my script and give me notes.""The whole idea of doing the Hollywood thing never even occurred to me. When you grow up on the East coast, Hollywood seems like this fantasy land and you don't think that people can actually make a living there.""We were the guys on the other side. It was hilarious.""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."