:50:01
as if my problems amounted
to a hill of beans.
:50:04
How goes the life of the mind?
:50:07
Well, it's been better.
:50:09
I can't seem to get going
on this thing.
:50:12
That one idea,
:50:13
the one that lets you get started,
:50:16
I still haven't gotten it.
:50:17
Maybe I only had one idea in me...
:50:19
my play.
:50:20
Maybe once that was done,
:50:22
I was done being a writer.
:50:24
Christ, I feel like a fraud,
:50:26
sitting here staring at this paper.
:50:28
Those two lovebirds next door
driving you nuts?
:50:34
How do you know about that?
:50:36
Know about it?
:50:38
I can practically see
how they're doing it.
:50:40
Brother, I wish I had
a piece of that.
:50:43
Seems like I hear everything
:50:44
that goes on in this dump...
:50:46
the pipes or something.
:50:48
Yeah, but...
:50:49
You'll lick this picture business.
:50:50
You got a head on your shoulders.
:50:52
What do they say?
:50:54
Where there's a head, there's hope.
:50:55
Where there's life, there's hope.
:50:57
See, that proves
you really are a writer.
:50:59
There's hope for you, too, Charlie.
:51:01
Tomorrow I bet you sell
a half-dozen policies.
:51:04
Thanks, brother, but the fact is
:51:06
I got to pull up stakes for a while.
:51:13
You're leaving?
:51:14
In a few days.
:51:15
Out to your stomping grounds...
New York City.
:51:18
Things got all balled up
at the head office.
:51:22
I'm truly sorry to hear that.
I'll miss you.
:51:25
Well, hell, buddy.
Don't pull a long face.
:51:27
I keep a room here,
:51:29
and I'll be back sooner or later.
:51:31
And mark my words,
:51:33
by the time I get back,
:51:35
your picture will be finished.
:51:36
New York can be
pretty cruel to strangers.
:51:38
If you need a home-cooked meal,
:51:40
you just look up
Sam and Lillian Fink.
:51:43
They live on Fulton Street...
:51:46
with my uncle Maury.
:51:49
[Rip]
:51:58
Christ.