:02:01
l want to hear
about the neighborhood...
:02:03
...back when people
still read your book.
:02:06
What did you say?
:02:11
Nothing.
:02:12
You said, ''back when people
still read my book.''
:02:17
Didn't you?
:02:25
We have 24 copies.
:02:28
But l'm sorry. They're checked out.
:02:31
Oh. Well, thank you, anyway.
:02:34
You're welcome.
:02:40
Any luck?
:02:43
Did you get on the waiting list?
:02:45
Yeah, man, your book was checked out.
:02:48
And yes...
:02:50
...l did pay for dinner.
:02:52
lt cost me $1 3,
so l guess you made your point.
:02:56
l called to see what kind of
food you wanted, but it kept ringing.
:03:00
l took the bell out 20 years ago.
:03:08
Let me ask you something.
:03:09
How come a guy like you...
:03:14
...wastes his time reading
The National Enquirer?.
:03:16
What's wrong with it?
:03:18
l mean, it's trash, man.
:03:20
You should be reading
the Times or something.
:03:23
l read the Times for dinner.
:03:25
But this....
:03:27
This is my dessert.
:03:29
They got a contest at school.
This writing thing.
:03:32
-You ever enter one of those?
-Writing contest?
:03:35
-Yeah.
-Once.
:03:37
A long time ago.
:03:38
Did you win?
:03:40
Well, of course l won.
:03:43
Like money or something?
:03:45
The Pulitzer.
:03:49
Oh.
:03:51
The students have to read
in front of everybody.
:03:53
What the hell's that got
to do with writing?
:03:56
Writers write
so that readers can read.
:03:58
Let someone else read it.