“I thought Rounders was a comic movie in its way. First time I directed a movie, I wanted to do a comedy. I don't like things that are superficially one thing or another, mainly. My favorite comedies are really smart, too, and have a lot of levels to them as well.” WayFirstsWellsWantedLevelsComedyOne ThingSmartFirst TimeMy FavoriteComicReally Smart Author:Edward Norton
“The black hole in democracy is integrity. The great unspoken is integrity. When integrity is not first and foremost, it's quite palpable but not visible. It's always there. Jazz highlights it because musicians and jazz always represented a high level of integrity.” FirstsBlackLevelsDemocracyIntegrityMusicianJazzHolesVisibleUnspokenHighlightsHigh LevelBlack Hole Author:Wynton Marsalis
“The best parts about writing a show are [its] first, second and 10th anniversaries. Everything else is relative levels of hell.” WritingFirstsShowsLevelsHellRelative Author:Alan Menken