Wilder

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    You’re not smarter, Walter, just a little taller.
    —Billy Wilder (b. 1906)

    Helen: You’ve got talent and ambition.
    Don: Talent? Ambition? That’s dead long ago. That’s drowned. That’s drifting around with a bloated belly on a lake of alcohol.
    —Billy Wilder (b. 1906)

    Helen: What do you do?
    Don: Yes, what do I do? I’m a writer. I’ve just started a novel. As a matter of fact, I’ve started several but I never seem to finish one.
    Helen: Well, in that case, why don’t you write short stories?
    Don: Oh, I have some of those. The first paragraph.
    —Billy Wilder (b. 1906)