:00:12
Before I start signing these,
:00:13
I need to thank somebody
who's here tonight.
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When I had her at State --
That didn't sound right.
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I never had her.
I wanted her, but never had her.
:00:23
What I meant was
when I took her cIass.
:00:25
I had the worst case
of writer's bIock in the worId .
:00:29
AII I had were terribIe ideas.
I hated them aII .
:00:32
I was Just about
to drop the cIass
:00:34
when she said something to me
that changed everything .
:00:42
She said , ''TerribIe ideas
are Iike pIayground scapegoats.
:00:47
Given the right encouragement,
they grow up to be geniuses.''
:00:51
She toId me to take one,
and work on it.
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WeII , I did .
:00:59
Frances Mayes,
who Ioves terribIe ideas,
:01:02
may I pIease French kiss
you now?
:01:05
MAN :
Go for it, WiIIie boy!
:01:06
Married , WiIIiam .
Sorry.
:01:12
Proud of me?
:01:13
RidicuIousIy.
:01:15
Frances, these are amazing .
What did you do?
:01:17
ChocoIate is timing , my friend .
:01:20
-The rest is magic.
-Hey, Professor.
:01:22
-Where is the wine?
-Over there.
:01:25
Tom is one Iucky bastard .
:01:27
A Iiterary wife
who makes brownies.
:01:29
I swear, if you teII me
you cook in the nude,
:01:31
I'II go home and kiII myseIf.
:01:33
Never in the nude.
AIways in a thong .
:01:35
ActuaIIy, if you knew Frances,
you'd know these are avoidance.
:01:39
Thanks.
:01:40
-How's the noveI going?
-Not so weII .
:01:43
But the procrastination
is coming aIong fabuIousIy.
:01:46
Soon it wiII breed
abJect seIf-Ioathing ,
:01:49
and then I'II Just become
a writing machine.
:01:52
What about Tom?
How's his book going?
:01:55
Fine.
He's home writing right now.
:01:57
You know Tom?
:01:58
I met him recentIy,
sort of by coincidence.