:51:03
...is that it whittles the world down...
:51:06
...to a more manageable size.
:51:09
Such sweet, sad insights.
:51:14
So true.
:51:29
I like looking at you.
:51:33
I like looking at you too, Charlie.
:52:12
I don't know how to do this.
:52:14
I'm afraid I'll disappoint you.
:52:17
You've written a beautiful book.
:52:20
I can't sleep.
:52:24
I'm losing my hair.
I'm fat and repulsive.
:52:28
Shh. You're not. You're not.
:52:32
Just whittle it down, you know?
:52:37
Focus on one thing in the story.
:52:40
Find that one thing...
:52:42
...that you care passionately about...
:52:46
...and then write about that.
:52:48
We see Susan Orlean:
Delicate, haunted by loneliness...
:52:51
...fragile, beautiful.
:52:53
She lies awake next to her sleeping,
insensitive husband.
:52:56
Her voice-over begins:
:52:58
"I suppose I do
have one unembarrassed passion.