Midnight in Paris - A Favor Among Literary Icons
Gil:
Can I ask you the biggest favor in the world?
Hemingway:
What is it?
Helen:
It’s always the maid.
Gil:
Would you read it?
Hemingway:
Your novel?
Gil:
Yah, it’s like 400 pages long and I’m just looking for an opinion.
Hemingway:
My opinion is that I hate it.
Gil:
You haven’t even read it yet.
Hemingway:
If it’s bad, I'll hate it because I hate bad writing. If it’s good I’ll be envious and I’ll hate it all the more. You don’t want the opinion of another writer.
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