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Rachel Cusk: [to Joanna] I thought all publishing assistants were writing novels at their desk.
Daniel: If you can write a novel at your desk while fetching coffee for a tyrant like Margaret, good luck.
Rachel Cusk: Well, you really have to love it. You have to want it More than anything in the entire world. More than a boyfriend or a closet full of pretty dresses, or a fancy job that makes everyone jealous. You need to be okay with saying no when you're invited to a party, and you really need to be okay with having your mother and father hate you
Daniel: If you can write a novel at your desk while fetching coffee for a tyrant like Margaret, good luck.
Rachel Cusk: Well, you really have to love it. You have to want it More than anything in the entire world. More than a boyfriend or a closet full of pretty dresses, or a fancy job that makes everyone jealous. You need to be okay with saying no when you're invited to a party, and you really need to be okay with having your mother and father hate you
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I thought all publishing assistants
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were writing novels at their desk
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If you can write a novel at your desk
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while fetching coffee for a tyrant like Margaret
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good luck
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Well you really have to love it
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You have to want it more than anything in the entire world
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More than a boyfriend or a closet full of pretty dresses
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or a fancy job that makes everyone jealous
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You need to be okay with saying no
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when you're invited to a party
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and you really need to be okay
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with having your mother and father hate you
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Movie Summary
A college grad takes a clerical job working for the literary agent of the renowned, reclusive writer J.D. Salinger.
