- Belle: [narrating] Breezing through reception areas, being inconspicuous, is my forte. Usually. At my publisher's office, I feel I might as well be wearing a flashing sign that reads 'hooker.'
- [in her guilt-ridden imagination, rear view of her slinking past co-workers in seductive scanty underwear, stockings and high heels]
- Belle: None of these people know the truth. As far as they're concerned, I'm just another author. Ah. An author! Maybe I can fake it till I make it.