Gotcha.

Then there were the times someone wanted to 'hire' me as a ghostwriter. They weren't going to pay me, of course. They had this fabulous idea (or this amazing life), and when it was a bestseller, then they would give me 1% of their 1% royalties.

They could never understand why I declined on the offer.

Another time, a guy wanted me to play scriptdoctor for his script, only he wanted it free, and I must do it on his laptop, and he would be sitting next to me while I was doing it. He was going to have Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie play the leading parts.

What was I going to get it? He would design a website for me (nevermind the fact that I was a fully qualified website designer at the time).

He also couldn't understand why I declined on the offer.

People get above themselves.