tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7057063609170223116.post8186068886033174201..comments2023-04-25T21:21:33.070-04:00Comments on The Carefree Way: Mark Twain Says...Donnie Barneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15357027036761231453noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7057063609170223116.post-92042536144219225662009-05-17T00:05:00.000-04:002009-05-17T00:05:00.000-04:00"Cut out all these exclamation points. An exclamat..."Cut out all these exclamation points. An exclamation point is like laughing at your own joke."<br />The quote was said by F.Scott Fitzgerald. As a screenwriter I seriously think it was said wrong on purpose. I just saw the movie today and it got me wondering so I started Googleling myself. The good <br />screenwriters make wrong references like that on purpose. It makes the characters real that way.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7057063609170223116.post-52054058969238310242009-04-06T09:21:00.000-04:002009-04-06T09:21:00.000-04:00The quote is actually from F.Scott Fitzgerald. Goo...The quote is actually from F.Scott Fitzgerald. Google it and you'll get a dozen or so references.<BR/>Maybe the screenwriters didn't think as many people would know who F.Scott Fitzgerald was!!! (get it, exclamation points???)Pastor Dave Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07980391018377048555noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7057063609170223116.post-76008360870803890872009-01-15T11:26:00.000-05:002009-01-15T11:26:00.000-05:00Yes, I have the book, but I read it something like...Yes, I have the book, but I read it something like 2 years ago. A lot has happened in that time! My retention of minutia like that is pretty poor anyway. Now, if it something I read BEFORE children, that's another story.<BR/>I personally think he was being facetious, probably because I'm going to believe the English major.Jane Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13121439127246474104noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7057063609170223116.post-63702715152359449422009-01-14T01:13:00.000-05:002009-01-14T01:13:00.000-05:00i just adore mark twain and this quote. doesn't th...i just adore mark twain and this quote. doesn't the last line sound kind of like something lis would say? :)alliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12950970496194632784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7057063609170223116.post-5653123322355061362009-01-13T06:27:00.000-05:002009-01-13T06:27:00.000-05:00Jane, don't you have the book? And Holly, yeah, I...Jane, don't you have the book? <BR/><BR/>And Holly, yeah, I agree. Twain was known for being a bit of a crank at times, so either he was cranky or as Alisa says she recalls from college, he may have been being facetious.Donnie Barneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15357027036761231453noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7057063609170223116.post-12837015310068565672009-01-12T23:28:00.000-05:002009-01-12T23:28:00.000-05:00What's wrong with laughing at your own jokes, anyw...What's wrong with laughing at your own jokes, anyway?!!!Lady Holidayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10938805246103520861noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7057063609170223116.post-35040715513885473692009-01-11T21:59:00.000-05:002009-01-11T21:59:00.000-05:00The real question is if it was also said in the bo...The real question is if it was also said in the book, or if it was a Hollywood embelishment...if so, you might get more info in that version of the story.Jane Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13121439127246474104noreply@blogger.com