Being Flynn (2012)
Robert De Niro: Jonathan Flynn
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Quotes
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Jonathan Flynn : [to Nick] Destiny has brought us together for one fleeting moment. Let's not spit in its eye.
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[first lines]
Jonathan Flynn : America has produced only three classic writers - Mark Twain, J.D. Salinger and me. I'm Jonathan Flynn. Everything I write is a masterpiece. And soon, very soon, I shall be known.
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Jonathan Flynn : There exists a striking association between creativity and manic depression. The only important thing, though, is to simply do the work.
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Jonathan Flynn : So that's the story you tell of why your mother killed herself.
Nick Flynn : I haven't told it to anyone.
Jonathan Flynn : You tell it to yourself. Those are the best stories.
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[last lines]
Jonathan Flynn : All right Nicholas, you can have it. I bequeath it to you. You have the last word.
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Jonathan Flynn : Out of curiosity, why have you not ever asked me to stay with you before?
Nick Flynn : I thought if you try and save a drowning man you might go down, too.
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Jonathan Flynn : [narrating] Perhaps I'll start a new book, "Memoirs of a Moron".
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Jonathan Flynn : I'm doing the same thing here as you are, gathering material.
Nick Flynn : No, I'm not gathering material. This is my life.
Jonathan Flynn : Life is gathering material.