:23:02
There you are.
I knew he wouldn't forget.
:23:05
Mom. And you were worried?
:23:07
They're a good sign. Don't you think?
:23:16
Well? Are you getting dressed or what?
:23:22
Frederick, are you talking to me?
:23:25
We said everything.
:23:26
Don't blame me. I've been
nothing but understanding.
:23:30
- You don't help by patronizing me.
- I wasn't.
:23:33
Your work is great.
Who cares what the critics think?
:23:36
That's easy for you to say. You get
encouragement. You're their little darling.
:23:41
They're lenient with me,
obviously, because I'm a woman.
:23:44
No.
:23:46
- It's because you're so damn good.
- So are you.
:23:49
The book didn't get
the response it deserved.
:23:52
I hate to tell you how often
they've missed the boat.
:23:54
Stop lying to me. I count on
you for honesty, not flattery.
:23:57
I'm not lying. I'm not lying.
And who cares what anybody thinks?
:24:01
They think what I think. My work once
showed promise and I haven't delivered.
:24:05
Your work's not fashionable. You should
be thankful for that, for God's sakes.
:24:09
What are you after?
The superficial acclaim
:24:12
of some little book reviewer
in some room somewhere?
:24:15
We've always talked about fine work
that means something in the long run.
:24:19
I don't care about fine work!
:24:21
I don't wanna wait 25 years. I wanna
be able to knock somebody over now!
:24:25
They're stricter with you because you
attempt more. They refuse to take that...
:24:30
Stop looking for excuses, all right?
I'm not writing for a time capsule.
:24:34
And half the stuff that's written,
it's garbage, they praise sky-high.
:24:50
The baby-sitter will be here in a minute.
:24:53
- I told you, I'm not going.
- We can't not go. What is the matter?
:24:57
I'm not in the mood
for your lesbian friends
:24:59
and a lot of vacuous gossip
about New York poetesses.