"I think L.A.'s terrific. You fly an hour and a half and you're in the mountains in three feet of powder. I also think it's a much better city if you're working as an actor. If you're not working and you don't see your dreams coming true, there can be a lot of heartache." -- Scott Patterson
Scott Patterson is a financial reporter who follows technology and complex trading strategies and how they affect Main Street. His work has also been featured in the New York Times, Rolling Stone and Mother Earth News. He is an alumnus of James Madison University. He lives in New York City . He worked for six years at The Wall Street Journal newspaper and recently left the paper to write a book about the rise of electronic trading, markets and the use of artificial intelligence on Wall Street.
His first featured book is How a New Breed of Math Whizzes Conquered Wall Street and Nearly Destroyed It .
"I never worked in a coffee shop and I don't drink coffee, so I never thought I would become a coffee pusher on TV.""I write a lot of music in my time off and I compose most of the songs on guitar. I've actually gone into the studio and recorded a few things, but it's tough trying to sell a song. It's all about finding that hook, that melody.""Passion is the thing that sustains you in acting. If you're doing it for fame and money, don't even bother because it will never happen. The last thing I ever expected was to be paid for this.""Popstars really draws you in. It's fascinating. It's interesting to watch people thrown together in that kind of a situation. Even if the egos weren't involved and they weren't trying to be world famous. It's the Real World, only better."