:07:01
That's a serious accusation, Robert.
:07:03
You come to the board
with something like this....
:07:06
l'm aware of how serious it is.
:07:08
lt's remarkable work.
:07:10
You recognize any of it?
:07:12
lt smacks of something.
:07:15
But l don't know.
:07:17
The boy does well in my class.
:07:19
He had good scores coming in.
:07:22
Maybe all he needed was direction.
:07:24
Carl, he's a basketball player...
:07:26
...from the Bronx.
:07:27
Who just happens
to have won 1 7 straight...
:07:31
...for a school that likes winning.
:07:34
Robert, have you considered
that he might just be that good?
:07:42
Not this good.
:08:32
Do you know what
the absolute best moment is?
:08:36
lt's when you've finished
your first draft...
:08:39
...and you read it by yourself.
:08:43
Before these assholes
take something...
:08:46
...that they couldn't do
in a lifetime...
:08:49
...and tear it down in a single day.
:08:53
People love that book, man.
:08:55
l didn't write it for them.
:08:59
And when the critics
started all this bullshit...