Q: You didn’t carry Mace or a Taser?

A: Absolutely not. I always lived in Manhattan, and Manhattan is one of the safest places in the world to be. There are so many people around, you couldn’t feel safer. It’s when you get into quiet, little neighborhoods when everything gets spooky.

Q: Did you ever feel threatened on a “date”?

A: No.

Q: How much did you spend on clothes?

A: I spent a lot of money on clothes, a lot. New York is a shopper’s dream, and I had unlimited funds for a long period of time. I bought tons of Manolos, Guccis. I bought everything I ever wanted to buy. It was great.

Q: Was there anything you wouldn’t do?

A: I’m not comfortable answering that, partly because my mom’s going to read this. But there were definitely boundaries.

Q: What would readers be surprised to learn about the business?

A: I don’t know if people are wanting to find sympathy in the client, but what was surprising to me was that most clients, most men, were really looking for companionship They were looking to connect with somebody and were looking for more than just a one-hour engagement.

Q: Who was your typical client?

A: The average client that I met in New York City was 25-45, well-dressed, well-groomed, very well-mannered, well-educated — a lot of times from New York; mostly Wall Street, lawyers, CEOs, businessmen, hedge fund managers. About half of them were single, about half of them were married.

The single guys were guys who were super-ambitious, tons of testosterone, very alpha-male types who work really, really hard and don’t necessarily have the free time to go out on dates.

A lot of the married guys, one of the things I used to believe at the time was that I was actually doing a service for these guys, because rather than having an affair with their secretary and potentially ruining their lives, they would come see me, satisfy their needs physically and some of the companionship they wanted — going on a date, having fun, relaxing — and being able to sustain their marriage. Apparently that’s what some people need.

Q: Did you think you were doing anything wrong?

A: I didn’t feel like I was doing anything evil. But you have to look at what are laws for? Are they to dictate what’s right and what’s wrong, or what is safe and what is not safe? Should laws be the moral compass for society? I do know that I didn’t feel like what I was doing was evil or malicious in any way.

Q: Did you ever have unprotected sex?

A: No. Some may do, but I never did.

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