A famous novelist's agent wore a deep frown. The novelist asked what was troubling him. "It's a dream I had last night," the agent said. "I dreamed that you wrote a novel that was chosen by the Book-of-the Month Club, old over a million copies and was bought by MGM for $500,000." "What's so terrible about that?" "I woke up just before I collected my ten percent commission."
유명한 소설가의 출판대행업자가 오만상을 찌푸리고 있었다. 소설가가 그에게 영문을 물었다.
"간밤에 꿈을 꿨어요. 당신이 쓴 소설이 '이달의 우수작품'으로 선정돼 100만부 이상이 팔리고 MGM사가 50만달러에 그 작품을 사가는 꿈이었어요." "그런 꿈을 꿨는데 뭐가 그렇게 못마땅한 거요?" "내가 받아야 할 10%의 커미션을 미처 챙기기도 전에 깼단 말이에요."
