[Still, for the writers in this book, hope springs eternal. In her journal-style essay, Gray documents many moments of despair during the 14 years it took to get her movie on the screen.] How low can you go? ... There I was at dinner, asking my brother to find some way to create a job for me in his casket business.

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Being a writer is an extremely vulnerable identity.

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How low can you go? There I was at dinner, asking my brother to find some way to create a job for me in his casket business.

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