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Oscar:We're thrilled that you'll be publishing your memoir with our company.

You've had such an interesting life.

I'm sure you'll have lots of titillating stories to tell.

Liz:Well, my memoir will certainly have a lot of stories about my career:

the people I've worked with and the kindness I've encountered in this industry.

Oscar:That's nice, but people buy autobiographical books for the juicy details, the more salacious the better.

Liz:I was really thinking of focusing on the people who helped me in my career and their selflessness.

Oscar:But I thought you were interested in writing a tell-all book.

Considering how many times you've been married and the affairs you've had, you must have lots of steamy stories.

Liz:I don't want to be telling tales about people I love or once loved.

I want to focus on the positive.

Oscar:You could do that, but your books won't fly off the shelves without those juicy details.

Liz:Really?

Oscar:Really.

Liz:Maybe I could tell one or two scandalous stories.

Oscar:Now you're talking.

Liz:There was that infamous party where a cat fight broke out between...