The Moguls is a story about guys that have all grown up together and are now in their late 40s, early 50s.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I think I'm too young to be a mogul. I think I'm too young for that.
The moguls are driven by their respective desires for profit - period.
When I think about moguls, I think like Donald Trump who... owns NYC practically. That's a mogul. I feel like I'm on my way to a lot more, but mogul is a really serious thing. I think it's a word that gets thrown around easily.
Initially, it was about kids at the bottom rung of the social ladder, due to their looks and their class background. But they're also outsiders in terms of their peer group.
It's really important to me not to be a snob about age division or about genre or whatever. The story needs to be what the story needs to be.
I got to talking to an old actor, and he had a bunch of stories about the Rough Riders.
I think lots of boys sat down with 'The Three Musketeers' and felt it was a really long book, but then discovered that it's a really gripping swashbuckling story.
The trouble with young writers is that they are all in their sixties.
I never thought I'd be some fashion mogul!
Young men preen. Old men scheme.