P gets paid- so?

[Matthew Cissell]

" As for the Pynch, knowledge that he's getting his advance and copping his percentage, is as good a defense as any against taking him too seriously. And I don't think he'd take any offense at that, on the way to the bank."
" money makes an artist a whore."

Here we have fine examples of the logic that inverts the artistic world, standing it on its head to face the greater world - this is the anti-'economic' economy of pure art. If an artist is believed to move too close to the commercial pole of artisitc production then his cultural capital is percieved to wain in proportion to his growth in economic capital. 
Some want the Master Builder to erect a great structure that will redeem him, of course its value can only be certified by the suffering that comes with this unappreciated work of art that is understood by the elect few, iniciated into the cult of legitimate culture. Of course Pierre Bourdieu does a much better job of explaining this. 

If you think money makes less of you (or makes you a whore) then you should turn your back on cash. OR maybe talk to a prostitute and compare job profiles.
Pynchon is no Nicholas Sparks or Tom Clancy, to assert otherwise is a bit silly.

ciao
mc otis