And no business can possibly equate happy workers (community) with profit (effectiveness). Happy workers are much more productive workers and hence contribute to profit, but no organization is formed for the idea of pleasing its employees.

I think the people who would be the least interested in my work would be people who read lots of comic books.

Since about 1980 Kenny Werner has been one of jazz’s unsung heroes

I wanted to write literature that pushed people into their lives rather than helping people escape from them.

I decided I was going to tell these stories. I went around and met Crumb. He was the cartoonist. I started realizing comics weren't just kid stuff.

I try and write the way things happen. I don't try and fulfill people's wishes

People who are readers of fiction aren't particularly interested in comic books.