Monroe Stahr: Your name's well-known here.Brimmer: And yours is well-known in New York, Mr. Stahr.Cecilia Brady: [serving Monroe and Brimmer] You have done well by water and you by land.Monroe Stahr: What?Cecilia Brady: Anthony and Cleopatra, didn't you recognize it?Monroe Stahr: Shakespeare? No, l didn't get any Shakespeare at school. How about you, Mr. Brimmer?Brimmer: Oh, a bit.Monroe Stahr: Where do you come from?Brimmer: Tennessee. Baptist.Monroe Stahr: l'm New York. Jewish.Brimmer: l know.Monroe Stahr: Oh, at least we're all Americans.Brimmer: We sure are, Mr. Stahr. [Monroe smiles and nods; Brimmer takes a sip from his coffee; Cecilia smiles and looks on the both men] Well?Monroe Stahr: Well, l'm glad you came out here. l wanted to talk to you. You've got my writers all upset.Brimmer: Keeps them from going to sleep, doesn't it?Monroe Stahr: l want them awake, but l don't want them crazy. [Brimmer stretches himself comfortably on his chair]Brimmer: Well, we're simply f***ing concerned that they have the proper protection, that's all.Monroe Stahr: [eyeing Brimmer irritably] Who from, me?Brimmer: You're a very good employer, Mr. Stahr, but, uh... we still think that the position can be... rationalized. [smiles]Monroe Stahr: l'll tell you three things: All writers are children. Fifty percent are drunks. And up till very recently, writers in Hollywood were gag-men; most of them are still gag-men, but we call them writers.Brimmer: [nods and smiles] Uh-huh. But they're still the farmers in this business. They grow the grain, but they're not in at the feast.Monroe Stahr: This looks to me like a try for power, Mr. Brimmer, and I will not give them power. I'll give them money, I won't give them power. Anyway, they're not equipped for authority.[Cecilia continues to look on the two; Brimmer laughes]Cecilia Brady: More coffee, Mr. Brimmer?Brimmer: No, thank you.
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