“I want to make enough money to buy an island. Something modest, like Australia.”

“I don’t want a home, but I do want to buy a lot that I like a lot.”

“I like making money. I make it out of wood. I make nickels mostly.”

“I make art like I make love—slowly, so I get the most for my money.”

“With my career I want to either make something or make an impact. Writers both make something, and make an impact.”

“For men, money, like sex, is something that nearly everybody wants more of, and unless you are famous or influential, you probably have to work hard to get any.”

“I wish art was like money in that the more I made, the more interest it developed and plentiful it became. Money makes money, and if art made art, there’s no prison in this country that could hold my creations.”