Audiences don't know somebody sits down and writes a picture; they think the actors make it up as they go along.
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Betty Schaefer: Oh, the old familiar story. You help a timid little soul cross a crowded street, she turns out to be a multimillionaire and leaves you all her money.Joe Gillis: That's the trouble with you readers, you know all the plots
Betty Schaefer: So, you take plot 27A, make is glossy, make it slick?Sheldrake: Eh-eh-eh-eh. Those are dirty words. You sound like a bunch of New York critics.
Sheldrake: That'll be all Miss Kramer... Schaefer.Betty Schaefer: Goodbye, Mr. Gillis.Joe Gillis: Next time I'll write you "The Naked and the Dead".