Bed & Board (1970)
Jacques Jouanneau: Césarin
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Quotes
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Césarin : So what's your novel about?
Antoine Doinel : Oh, you know: life in general, my youth, moving from the personal to the universal.
Césarin : Yes, yes, yes. I understand. I trust I'll get an autographed copy.
Antoine Doinel : Yes, yes. "For Césarin".
Césarin : What's the title?
Antoine Doinel : I haven't found one yet.
Césarin : Oh, that's not hard. Any singing in your novel?
Antoine Doinel : No.
Césarin : Any dancing?
Antoine Doinel : No.
Césarin : Then call it "No Song and Dance"! Not bad, eh?
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Césarin : Working for the Americans now, eh? Do they pay you in dollars?
Antoine Doinel : Yes, but the best thing is I have time to think. 'Cause I'm writing a novel.
Césarin : No kidding!
Antoine Doinel : Don't tell my wife. I write at night while she's asleep.
Césarin : So you're a novelist like Baudelaire. Did you know he started out in flowers too?
Antoine Doinel : Baudelaire wasn't a novelist.
Césarin : What about "Les Fleurs du Mal"?
Antoine Doinel : That's poetry.