[quote] Yeah, I suppose they're dirty, too, but only incidentally. Mainly they're angry, sensitive, intensely felt, and that dirtiest of all dirty words - promising. Or so said The Times Book Review, October 1, 1956. [/quote] It's obvious to Holly that Paul is in a creative slump and so she asks him if he writes often. He says he writes every day, including today, but she points out that the typewriter has no ribbon. Paul stays quiet after that.