The Conversation

Sitting in a coffee shop with Sam and Julia…

Me: Well, you know what they say.

Sam: What?

Me: What?

Sam: What do they say?

Me: You don’t know?

Sam: No.

Me: Oh.

Sam: What?

Me: I thought you knew.

Sam: Tell me.

Me: I can’t.

Sam: Why not?

Me: I can’t say it to you.

Sam: Why not?

Me: Only they can say it to you. If they say it at all.

Sam: Who said it to you?

Me: They did.

Sam: Will they say it to me?

Me: You never know.

(pause)

Julia: They said it to me.

(From my upcoming book “Mamet for Children”)