A writer must refuse to allow himself to be transformed into an institution, even if it takes place in the most honorable form.
Jean-Paul SartreFor the moment, the jazz is playing; there is no melody, just notes, a myriad tiny tremors. The notes know no rest, an inflexibleorder gives birth to them then destroys them, without ever leaving them the chance to recuperate and exist for themselves.... I would like to hole them back, but I know that, if I succeeded in stooping one, there would only remain in may hand a corrupt and languishing sound. I must accept their death; I must even want that death: I know of few more bitter or intense impressions.
Jean-Paul SartreIt's just what people do when they're getting old, when they're sick of themselves and their life; they think of money and take care of themselves.
Jean-Paul Sartre