Crime On My Hands (2015)
“On this occasion he was fighting for his shooting schedule, but he had fought as fiercely before for one of his people. Many times. There was the occasion when a prominent comedian hit the headlines with a slosh and studio moguls cancelled his contracts. Wallingford had stormed into the executive vice-president’s office, like a circus performer striding into the lion’s cage.
“Where do headlines wind up?” he’d yelled. “In a morgue! But pictures go to the Museum of Modern Art! Is a bottle as ...big as immortality? I’m gonna gnaw the bars outa that jail, and he’s gonna finish my picture, even if it costs you a hundred grand! Besides, he’s a good guy. Anybody can take a quart too many sometimes. Besides, people that live on glass bottles shouldn’t throw stones! That’s my final word!”
On the morning after Paul’s death, he fixed Sheriff Call-Me-Jerry Callahan with a Damascene stare.
“Are you gonna arrest us all?MoreLess
“Where do headlines wind up?” he’d yelled. “In a morgue! But pictures go to the Museum of Modern Art! Is a bottle as ...big as immortality? I’m gonna gnaw the bars outa that jail, and he’s gonna finish my picture, even if it costs you a hundred grand! Besides, he’s a good guy. Anybody can take a quart too many sometimes. Besides, people that live on glass bottles shouldn’t throw stones! That’s my final word!”
On the morning after Paul’s death, he fixed Sheriff Call-Me-Jerry Callahan with a Damascene stare.
“Are you gonna arrest us all?MoreLess
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