I am essentially a hack, a commercial person. If I had a hobby, I would immediately make money on it or abandon it.
Almost all serious stories in the world are stories of failure with a death in it. But there is more lost paradise in them than defeat.
By nature, I am an experimentalist. I don't believe much in accomplishment.
Old age is the only disease you dont want to be cured of.
'The Godfather' was the glorification of a bunch of bums who never existed.
A bad word from a colleague can darken a whole day. We need encouragement a lot more than we admit, even to ourselves.