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EUGENE: There’s too much material in this house. Maybe I don’t have to become a writer. If only I could get enough people to pay for seats in the living room.
STAN: (bursting into EUGENE’S room, holding a sheet of paper) I can’t believe it. I cannot believe it!
EUGENE: What?
STAN: I just came up with an idea. One of the funniest ideas I ever heard of in my life. I was hysterical just picturing it.
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STAN: I can’t keep my eyes open. You want to take a half-hour break?
EUGENE: How about an hour?
STAN: Thirty minutes. That’s all. You have no discipline. Don’t let me fall asleep.
Citation: Neil Simon, Broadway Bound, Concord Theatricals, 1986, pp. 19 - 23.
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