I'm not averse to making a lot of money. But where does that end? I hang out with people with hundreds of millions of dollars. Is that the standard by which I should measure myself? Where does that take you if you're in my business? I think it takes you to pretty dark, corrupt places.
“The thing to judge in any jazz artist is, does the man project and does he have ideas.”
“I can't say that I ever actually decided to become a writer. It kind of snuck up on me.”