Questioning Intentions in Performance
Forrester:
About those free-throws...Did you miss them? Or did you "miss" them?
Jamal: [Smirks]
Not exactly a soup question, now is it?
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Understanding Life Through Literature
Jamal:
We've been talking about your book at school.
Forrester:
People have been talking about it for years. They just haven't been saying anything.
Jamal:
I think I got it down, though. I figure you were writing about how life never works out.
Forrester:
Really? You had to read a book to figure that out?
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The Value of Belief and Risk
Forrester:
In some cultures it's good luck to be wearing something inside-out.
Jamal:
And you believe that?
Forrester:
No, but it's like praying: what do you risk?
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A Writer's Reluctance to Mentor
Jamal:
I came back to see, if you could help me out with my writing.
Forrester:
Here's one: 5,000 words on why you'll stay the fuck out of my home!
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Discussion About Writing Contests
Jamal:
You ever enter one of those?
Forrester:
Writing contest?
Jamal:
Yeah.
Forrester:
Once, long time ago.
Jamal:
Did you win?
Forrester:
Well of course I won!
Jamal:
Like money or somethin’?
Forrester:
The Pulitzer.
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Miscommunication Between Jamal and Forrester
Jamal:
I ain't seen nothin change.
Forrester:
You ain't seen nothin'? What the hell kind of sentence is that?!
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The Influence of Writing on Relationships
Jamal:
Women will sleep with you if you write a book?
Forrester:
Women will sleep with you if you write a bad book.
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Limits of Opportunity and Success
Terell Wallace:
They always let you get but so far... before they take everything away from you.
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Overcoming Fear and Self-Doubt
Jamal Wallace:
Man, You William, You too scared man....
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Questioning Assumptions in a Game Show Context
Jamal Wallace:
I'll take poor assumptions for $800, Alex
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Embracing Dreams and Personal Growth
William Forrester: [Jamal opens the letter]
Dear Jamal, Someone I once knew wrote that we walk away from our dreams afraid that we may fail or worse yet, afraid we may succeed. You need to know that while I knew so very early that you would realize your dreams, I never imagined I would once again realize my own. Seasons change young man, and while I may have waited until the winter of my life, to see the things I've seen this past year, there is no doubt I would have waited too long, had it not been for you.
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Empowerment in a Moment of Confidence
William Forrester:
Yes! YES! You're the man now, dog!
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Embrace the act of creation
William Forrester:
Punch the keys, for God's sake!
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The Value of Personal Expression in Writing
William Forrester:
Why is it that the words that we write for ourselves are always so much better than the words we write for others?
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Invitation to enter with caution
William Forrester:
Bolt the door, if you're coming in.
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Identifying William Forrester
William Forrester: [put on glasses; drinking a water; pointing to a 'writers's wall of fame picture]
My name is...William Forrester. Excuse me. I'm that one.
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Writing: Heart First, Head Later
William Forrester:
No thinking — that comes later. You must write your first draft with your heart. You rewrite with your head. The first key to writing is... to write, not to think!
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The Power of Unexpected Gifts in Relationships
William Forrester:
The key to a woman's heart is an unexpected gift at an unexpected time.
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Writing Confidentiality in Forrester's Apartment
William Forrester: [to Jamal]
What you write in this apartment stays in this apartment. No exceptions.
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