Daily Dialogue — June 3, 2010

John Shooter: You stole my story. 
 Mort: I’m… I’m sorry, do I… I don’t believe I know you. 
 John Shooter: I know that, that doesn’t matter, I know you Mr. Rainey, that’s what matters. You stole my story. 
[holding out his manuscript to Mort] 
 Mort: You’re mistaken. I don’t read manuscripts. 
 John Shooter: You read this one already. You stole it. 
 Mort: I can assure you… 
 John Shooter: I know you can. I know that. I don’t want to be assured. 
 Mort: If you want to talk to somebody about some grievance you feel you may have, you can call my literary agent. 
 John Shooter: This is between you and me. 
[sees Chico under him] 
 John Shooter: We don’t need no outsiders, Mr. Rainey. 
 Mort: I don’t like being accused of plagiarism, if that is in fact what you are accusing me of. Chico inside. 
[Chico goes back inside] 
 John Shooter: I don’t blame you for not liking it but you did it. 
 Mort: You’re gonna have to leave. I have nothing more to say. 
 John Shooter: Yeah, I’ll go. We’ll talk more later. 
[hands the manuscript to Mort to take it] 
 Mort: I’m not taking that. 
 John Shooter: Won’t do you no good to play games with me, Mr. Rainey. This has got to be settled. 
 Mort: So far as I’m concerned it is.

 — John Shooter (John Turturro), Mort (Johnny Depp), Secret Window (2004), screenplay by David Koepp, based on a novel by Stephen King

The Daily Dialogue theme for the week is dialogue from movies or TV shows based on the writing of Stephen King, suggested by JD Walters. Secret Window suggested by OutOfContext.