“C'mon, Barton, you think you know about pain? You think I made your...” – Charlie Meadows, Barton Fink ... Movie Quotes Database

Charlie Meadows

C'mon, Barton, you think you know about pain? You think I made your life hell? Take a look around this dump. You're just a tourist with a typewriter, Barton, I live here, don't you understand that? And you come into MY home... and you complain that I'M making too... much... noise.

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