:24:01
They think what I think. My work once
showed promise and I haven't delivered.
:24:05
Your work's not fashionable. You should
be thankful for that, for God's sakes.
:24:09
What are you after?
The superficial acclaim
:24:12
of some little book reviewer
in some room somewhere?
:24:15
We've always talked about fine work
that means something in the long run.
:24:19
I don't care about fine work!
:24:21
I don't wanna wait 25 years. I wanna
be able to knock somebody over now!
:24:25
They're stricter with you because you
attempt more. They refuse to take that...
:24:30
Stop looking for excuses, all right?
I'm not writing for a time capsule.
:24:34
And half the stuff that's written,
it's garbage, they praise sky-high.
:24:50
The baby-sitter will be here in a minute.
:24:53
- I told you, I'm not going.
- We can't not go. What is the matter?
:24:57
I'm not in the mood
for your lesbian friends
:24:59
and a lot of vacuous gossip
about New York poetesses.
:25:02
Will you stop pitying
yourself so much? I'm going.
:25:05
Look, why can't you just once in a while
consider my feelings and my needs?
:25:09
I'm sick of your needs! I'm tired of
your idiosyncrasy and competitiveness.
:25:13
I have my own problems!
:25:17
There'll be chitchat
about the nature of poetry,
:25:19
your symbolism,
your contribution to whatever.
:25:22
We never see Marion and Gail. I don't
understand. You used to like them.
:25:26
I can't stand 'em. They're so enthusiastic.
College kids. I get embarrassed.
:25:30
Oh, well, don't get embarrassed.
Don't come. Drink yourself unconscious.
:25:34
That's one cliché of being
a novelist you have no problem with.
:25:37
Yeah, I sure can drink.
:25:39
You're fine as long as
I keep everything going.
:25:42
- What?
- Sh.
:25:43
You mean the cheques from Daddy so
you can write yourself into immortality?
:25:48
I also raise the family that you
wanted. Or thought you wanted.
:25:51
Hey, you made some noises
about experiencing motherhood.
:25:54
I'm sure you thought
it was great raw material.
:25:57
Well, now you got another human being.
:25:59
It wasn't my idea, and I'm not
ashamed to be subsidized either.