The French Dispatch (2021)
Bill Murray: Arthur Howitzer, Jr.
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Quotes
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Arthur Howitzer Jr. : Try to make it sound like you wrote it that way on purpose.
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Arthur Howitzer Jr. : "Rats, vermin, gigolos, streetwalkers." You don't think it's almost too seedy this time?
Herbsaint Sazerac : No, I don't.
Arthur Howitzer Jr. : For decent people.
Herbsaint Sazerac : It's supposed to be charming.
Arthur Howitzer Jr. : "Pick-pockets, dead bodies, prisons, urinals..." You don't want to add a flower shop?
Herbsaint Sazerac : No, I don't
Arthur Howitzer Jr. : Or an art museum? A pretty place of some kind?
Herbsaint Sazerac : I hate flowers.
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Arthur Howitzer Jr. : Shrink the masthead, cut some ads, and tell the foreman to buy more paper. We're not killing anybody.
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Alumna : Berensen's article. The Concrete Masterpiece.
Proofreader : Three dangling participles, two split infinitives, and nine spelling errors in the first sentence alone.
Arthur Howitzer Jr. : Some of those are intentional.
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Copy Boy : A message from the foreman. One hour to press.
Arthur Howitzer Jr. : You're fired.
Copy Boy : Really?
Arthur Howitzer Jr. : Don't cry in my office.
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Alumna : Sazerac?
Legal Advisor : Impossible to fact-check. He changes all the names and only writes about hobos, pimps, and junkies.
Arthur Howitzer Jr. : These are his people.
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Arthur Howitzer Jr. : Fires and murders. That's how I started. My father owned the paper, of course.
