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Hi. That thing look straight to you?
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- A little higher on the left, I think.
- Little higher on the left.
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- Hows that?
- Thats better.
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All righty. Wont you sit down?
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- Thank you.
- Wait a minute.
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There you are. You know, in a years time,
I read an awful lot of stories.
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Id say about one in 1,000 has any merit.
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About one in every 5,000 writers
makes the grade.
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Lately, I would bet it was one in a million.
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I told you that day in the elevator
that I thought you had talent.
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I still do. There we are.
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You have it when you write about something
youve had some experience with.
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With which youve had some experience.
:40:37
- Another qualification...
- No, thank you.
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Another qualification is perseverance,
and that youve certainly got.
:40:43
Even in the face of those
atrocious love stories, you wouldnt give up.
:40:47
Did you really kill all these animals,
or just insult them to death?
:40:51
Will you please let me finish
before you start swinging at me?
:40:54
This story of yours,
My Sister Eileen, I think thats wonderful.
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- You do?
- I do.
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I havent enjoyed reading anything so much
in a long time. Thats charming.
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Its funny. Its also very real.
Now do you get my point?
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Obviously, you were writing about people
and incidents that you were familiar...
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With which...
That you had observed firsthand.
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What makes you so sure?
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Lts my business, Miss Sherwood.
Let me prove my point.
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First, you write three phoney love stories.
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All of a sudden, you turn around, start
writing about your beautiful sister, Eileen...
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that has a dozen men running after her...
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and shes got them dangling like puppets
on the end of a string...
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wrapped around her little finger.
Thats delightful.
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But by comparison, those three love stories,
theyre completely unbelievable.
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- They are?
- They are.
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Now, wheres the answer?
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Suppose I told you
I dont even have a sister?
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All right, then you dont have a sister...
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then shes a good friend of yours.
Whoever she is, shes real.
:41:49
I bet you my bottom buck
shes somebody you know pretty well.
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Matter of fact, Id like to know her myself.
She sounds like quite a girl.
:41:56
Who is she?