:40:01
-l couldn't find it in the dictionary.
-l made it up.
:40:05
-Oh, really?
-Yeah, it described it perfectly.
:40:09
Tolstoy is a full meal.
:40:11
Turgenev is a fabulous dessert.
That's how l characterize him.
:40:16
Dostoyevsky?
:40:17
Dostoyevsky is a full meal with
a vitamin pill and extra wheat germ.
:40:22
'' l fall upon the thorns of life.
l bleed.''
:40:25
l used to think that was
so romantic.
:40:29
To write, to fall in love,
and to experience real passion.
:40:34
Really? You think passion
could actually be sustained?
:40:38
l don't know.
:40:40
Time magazine said you lose
your sexual attraction...
:40:43
...for the other person
in four years, l think it was.
:40:48
Time must know, right?
:40:50
l sometimes think
of living in Paris.
:40:53
Europe in general.
l find that romantic.
:40:56
l like café life. l'd like
to write, get a flat.
:41:00
Sounds great.
:41:01
Walking the streets
is fun in Paris.
:41:04
Until you've been kissed on
a rainy Parisian afternoon...
:41:08
...you've never been kissed.
:41:11
-And were you kissed?
-l wasn't kissed, l was the kisser.
:41:15
Okay, l was wondering...
:41:18
-...if l could read your novel.
-How'd you know l had a novel?
:41:22
You mentioned it
when we had lunch that time.
:41:26
-l'm very disenchanted with it.
-Yes.
:41:29
l know. l'm only asking you because
l could learn a lot from it.
:41:34
l would like to know what you
like and what you don't...
:41:38
...and why you're so critical
of it.
:41:41
Let me think about it.
:41:44
-Are you okay?
-Yes.
:41:46
Let me think about it.
l'll think about it.
:41:50
-l shouldn't have asked you.
-No, no, no.
:41:53
-Let me think about it.
-Okay.
:41:56
Gabe. He's always picked
the wrong women. Except for Judy.