1:07:01
Only Selena.
1:07:04
She thinks I'm a genius.
1:07:06
What do you think? Are they good
enough to send to a magazine?
1:07:11
Yes, if you want to end up in prison.
1:07:14
Those stories were full of enough
libel and slander...
1:07:17
...and double-entendre to hang us all.
1:07:20
Allison, is that how Peyton Place
really looks to you?
1:07:24
They were only fiction.
I didn't use any real names.
1:07:28
You didn't have to.
I recognized everybody in town.
1:07:32
But let's get down to the important part.
You have a talent.
1:07:37
Those stories were a good start.
Now, where do you go from here?
1:07:41
That's what I hoped to find out
from you.
1:07:43
Then I suggest college.
With your talent and your ideas...
1:07:47
Thank you, but I don't want to go
to college. I never have.
1:07:51
Why not?
1:07:53
Because I don't want to study
about writing. I want to write.
1:07:57
Nobody has to tell me Shakespeare
was a wonderful writer...
1:08:01
...or that wonderful books
have already been written.
1:08:03
Those books tell you how and why.
1:08:09
I'd rather find that out myself
at a typewriter.
1:08:13
I need someplace to get me going.
Someplace to start.
1:08:19
All right...
1:08:21
...if that's how you feel about it,
then let's do it.
1:08:26
Let's start at the Peyton Place Times.
1:08:29
Who said I was a cynical,
hard-hearted newspaperman?
1:08:32
Aren't all newspapermen?
1:08:34
That's a myth. We're the most
sentimental slobs in the world.
1:08:38
- The softest touches there are.
- Prove it.
1:08:42
All right.
1:08:44
When do I start? All I want is a chance
to show what I can do.
1:08:47
Write something up this week,
I'll run it Friday.
1:08:50
Thank you, Mr. Bushwell.
I'll start right away.
1:08:53
- I'll dig up a story you'll never forget.
- I don't doubt it.
1:08:57
Just remember, there's no such
thing as a cheap lawsuit.