Lovely by Surprise (2007)

Carrie Preston: Marian

Quotes 

• [first lines] 

  Marian : Hey, I was writing this thing, and I believe in it. It can be good.

  Jackson : Of course.

  Marian : And I just couldn't get over the hugeness of writing a novel. I mean, the enormity of it. And I didn't feel this way until I got to this hard moment in the book. And now I can't seem to recover it. I keep shutting down when I try to write. It's scary.

  Jackson : That's not a new problem for writers, of course, you know.

  Marian : But it passes, and books are written, and life resumes again. Right?

  Jackson : Only if you write.

  Marian : Sounds so easy.

  Marian : [in a low voice]  I'm only 3 chapters in, but I get the sense that one of the characters I'm writing knows he's being written.

• Jackson : Don't miss out on this. Killing the character that you love is the best thing about writing a book.

  Marian : Nice. You're like some demented 10-year old boy.