Ben Geisler Quotes in Barton Fink (1991)

Ben Geisler: Look, you confused? You need guidance? Talk to another writer.

Barton Fink: Who?

Ben Geisler: Jesus, throw a rock in here, you'll hit one. And do me a favor, Fink: throw it hard.

Ben Geisler: Think about it, Fink! Writers come and go; we always need Indians!

Ben Geisler: What Ted Oakam doesn't know you could almost squeeze into the Hollywood Bowl.

Ben Geisler: Okay Fink, let's chow.

Ben Geisler: Mayhew, some help, the guy's a souse!

Barton Fink: He's a great writer.

Ben Geisler: A great souse!

Barton Fink: You don't understand.

Ben Geisler: Souse!

Barton Fink: He's in pain, because he can't write...

Ben Geisler: Souse! Souse! Can't write? He manages to write his name on the back of his paycheck every week!

Ben Geisler: [on phone] I've got a writer here - Fink - all screwy! Says I'm producing that Wallace Beery wrestling picture. What am I, the goddamn janitor around here?

Ben Geisler: Tell Lipnick he can kiss my dimpled ass.

Ben Geisler: Never make Lipnick like you!

Ben Geisler: Wallace Beery. Wrestling picture. What do you need, a roadmap?