:52:00
Well, that led to an argument.
:52:07
Listen to me bellyaching,
:52:09
as if my problems amounted
to a hill of beans.
:52:12
How goes the life of the mind?
:52:15
Well, it's been better.
:52:17
I can't seem to get going
on this thing.
:52:20
That one idea,
:52:22
the one that lets you get started,
:52:24
I still haven't gotten it.
:52:25
Maybe I only had one idea in me--
:52:28
my play.
:52:29
Maybe once that was done,
:52:30
I was done being a writer.
:52:32
Christ, I feel like a fraud,
:52:35
sitting here staring at this paper.
:52:37
Those two lovebirds next door
driving you nuts?
:52:44
How do you know about that?
:52:46
Know about it?
:52:47
I can practically see
how they're doing it.
:52:49
Brother, I wish I had
a piece of that.
:52:52
Seems like I hear everything
:52:54
that goes on in this dump--
:52:56
the pipes or something.
:52:57
Yeah, but--
:52:59
You'll lick this picture business.
:53:00
You got a head on your shoulders.
:53:02
What do they say?
:53:04
Where there's a head, there's hope.
:53:05
Where there's life, there's hope.
:53:07
See, that proves
you really are a writer.
:53:09
There's hope for you, too, Charlie.
:53:11
Tomorrow I bet you sell
a half-dozen policies.
:53:14
Thanks, brother, but the fact is
:53:16
I got to pull up stakes for a while.
:53:23
You're leaving?
:53:25
In a few days.
:53:26
Out to your stomping grounds--
New York City.
:53:29
Things got all balled up
at the head office.
:53:33
I'm truly sorry to hear that.
I'll miss you.
:53:36
Well, hell, buddy.
Don't pull a long face.
:53:39
I keep a room here,
:53:40
and I'll be back sooner or later.
:53:43
And mark my words,
:53:44
by the time I get back,
:53:46
your picture will be finished.
:53:48
New York can be
pretty cruel to strangers.
:53:50
If you need a home-cooked meal,
:53:52
you just look up
Sam and Lillian Fink.
:53:55
They live on Fulton Street...
:53:59
with my uncle Maury.