I Was Starstruck And Completely Confused; Making A Film Of This Story Hadn't Even Occurred To Me, And I Hadn't Written A Single Line Of The Book Yet. I Had No Idea How This Man Knew Anything About My Book Proposal. - SearchQuotes

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I was starstruck and completely confused; making a film of this story hadn't even occurred to me, and I hadn't written a single line of the book yet. I had no idea how this man knew anything about my book proposal.

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