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Agency. My only rule at five in the morning, i had to start writing, get right into the story before i could put the water on for coffee. Most of the fiction i wrote at daybreak sold the magazine. For 2 cents a word. 310 to yuma in 1953, 4500 words western, sold 490. Two years later, a studio paid 4000 to make a movie starring glenn ford. And i liked it a lot, but walter called the picture three hours and 10 minutes past high noon. [laughter] in 1969, i wrote my first book that wasnt a western called the big bounce. My agent in hollywood at the time to read, called and said kidd, im going to make you rich. He saw the big bounce as a quick movie sale. Send it out to producers over the next few months and got 84 rejections. I did top that record. I got 105 rejections for another story that offered hitchcock bought, but then died on [laughter] but the book did so, and, and twice was adapted for the screen. Now, i cant believe anyone in this room so that either version of the picture or re

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