The Importance of Being Good

Bob Ringwell and I were simpatica. We both like Coltrane. And we both like Richard Pryor. They are fabulous. But on any given night, I could go out and be better than Jerry Seinfeld for 15 minutes. Steve Martin said in his book, Born Standing Up? It's one of the most brilliant things ever. He said, being great is easy. Being good is really, really hard.