:03:41
My manager sent me over
some of your work.
:03:45
It's funny how you're
really in them a lot.
:03:48
Whenever I read these
interviews where the writer says:
:03:51
"This is how I felt the morning
I woke up to meet the pope"...
:03:54
..."how I felt when the pope greeted
me, how he reminded me...
:03:57
...so much of my friend Mike"...
:03:58
...I always think,
"Who the fuck is Mike?"
:04:03
So who are you?
:04:06
I was a young journalist...
:04:08
... with a few awards...
:04:10
... a couple of cover stories...
:04:13
... and a desperate need
to prove myself.
:04:18
If you look through my work,
you'll see I try to present...
:04:21
...a balanced view of my subjects.
:04:24
I leave the conclusions
to the reader.
:04:26
I'm not sure we like balance.
:04:28
Or leaving
the conclusions to the reader.
:04:30
I'm used to being publicized,
not analyzed.
:04:32
It would be your words.
:04:33
We'd publish it as a transcript:
:04:36
My questions, your answers.
:04:39
If you say it, I can use it.
:04:43
If you don't, I can't.
:04:44
And they're gonna pay me
a million for this?
:04:46
An excerpt will be published
in a magazine as a way...
:04:49
...of amortizing the investment
they'll be making in the book.
:04:53
They're looking for some...
:04:56
...provocative stories
for the first issue.
:04:59
Any thoughts on what these
provocative stories might be about?