The Practicalities of Being a Writer

In some ways, Francis is being groomed for the kind of exact trajectory that Melissa's on. When she behaves abominably, there's a ceiling on how much you can criticize that person because you owe them and you know that you owe them. And when you are offered 800 euro, which is over 1000 US dollars, even at this point, there's that practicality that I can make a living off of it. She has to get help from the university to pay for her schooling. She's barely buying groceries. She's in a really precarious position.