:51:02
... is that it whittles the world down...
:51:05
... to a more manageable size.
:51:08
Such sweet, sad insights.
:51:13
So true.
:51:28
l like looking at you.
:51:32
I lik e looking at you too, Charlie.
:52:11
l don't know how to do this.
:52:13
l'm afraid l'll disappoint you.
:52:16
You've written a beautiful book.
:52:20
l can't sleep.
:52:24
l'm losing my hair.
l'm fat and repulsive.
:52:27
Shh. You're not. You're not.
:52:31
Just whittle it down, you know?
:52:36
Focus on one thing in the story.
:52:39
Find that one thing...
:52:41
... that you care passionately about...
:52:45
...and then write about that.
:52:47
We see Susan Orlean:
delicate, haunted by loneliness...
:52:50
...fragile, beautiful.
:52:52
She lies awake next to her sleeping,
insensitive husband.
:52:56
Her voice-over begins:
:52:57
'' l suppose l do
have one unembarrassed passion.