Interiors (1978)

Richard Jordan: Frederick

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• Renata : We never see Marion and Gail. I don't understand. You used to like them!

  Frederick : I can't stand them. They're so enthusiastic. College kids. I get embarrassed!

  Renata : Oh, well, don't get embarrassed. Don't come. Stay home, drink yourself unconscious. That's one of the cliches of being a novelist you've had no problem with.

  Frederick : Yeah, I sure can drink.

• Frederick : I'm not in the mood for your lesbian friends and a lot of vacuous gossip about New York poetesses.

• Renata : Frederick, you know Flyn likes you. And don't behave condescendingly. She senses that you talk down to her.

  Frederick : I don't talk down to Flyn. I love hearing about her hair, her weight, the latest TV junk she's done.

• Frederick : Flyn suffers from the same thing my last book suffered from. She's a perfect example of form without any content.

  Renata : That's very profound. You haven't even started drinking yet.

  Frederick : Yeah, I am profound. And I'm not the award-winning writer. You're the one who's supposed to be giving me insights into sex and other world-shattering phenomenon.

• Frederick : I did a terrible thing last week. I wrote about this friend's book. Not a very good book. And I pointed that out, which is what I was getting paid to do. But I was extremely cruel about it - and I took great pleasure in my cruelty. My anger scares me. I don't like what I'm becoming.

• Flyn : I happen to think you're a very impressive person.

  Frederick : Oh, I think you have very impressive feet.