:22:03
with a mustache to come along
so I can unload it?
:22:05
What do you want? A guarantee
that you'll be successful always?
:22:08
What difference does it make?
:22:09
You design a house, up it goes,
you get 10%, good or bad.
:22:12
With a book it's different.
I've got readers, I get reviews.
:22:15
Shall I call your girlfriend back?
:22:16
Maybe you'd like to slap her around
as I'm too busy to play scapegoat.
:22:20
What do you mean?
I'm discussing your house.
:22:22
Your house, Altar.
:22:24
Forget it.
:22:27
All right, I made a mistake.
:22:30
When I met you, I told my wife:
:22:32
"Here's a guy who'll be willing
to try something different."
:22:35
- Boy, was I wrong. You want to play it safe.
- That's not true.
:22:38
What are you afraid of?
That some critic won't like your house?
:22:41
This has nothing to do
with the lousy critics!
:22:47
You know, Rog,
we both start with the same thing:
:22:51
a blank piece of paper.
:22:53
But every time I try to play it safe,
I come up empty.
:22:56
So now I just sit down at that drawing board
and do what I want to do.
:22:59
And I hope what I like,
somebody else will like.
:23:02
Maybe this isn't a great house, I don't know.
:23:03
Maybe somebody will think it's an oddball...
:23:07
but we can't try to please them all.
:23:09
- You trying to say this is what I do?
- No, Rog, I don't know what you do.
:23:13
I read both your books.
I like them pretty well, but...
:23:18
Boy, I'd love to see what would happen
if you really broke loose.
:23:21
Don't you think that's what I want to do?
:23:23
Then do it. Write a book that you like,
and to hell with the critics.
:23:28
You don't know.
:23:30
Rog, I know one thing.
:23:32
You've got to find out
what's important to you.
:23:36
Sure, now this house is important to me.
:23:39
And I was hoping you'd like it, but...
:23:43
If you don't like it, we shake hands
and say goodbye. It's as simple as that.
:23:57
You know something?
I think it's a great house.