George Twisp - Nick's alcoholic father, a failed writer who dates hot young women and neglects his child support duties.
There's a failed writer, a failed actor, a lot of get-rich-quick schemes and murder - maybe.
He has been described as a world-weary anti-hero, a failed writer and seedy solipsist, a clear prototype for the later Krapp.
One night, he meets Shem C, a failed Jewish writer, in a bar.
Shem C is a failed Jewish writer with a grudge against the upper crust society that has rejected him.
You feel like a bug," she tells her husband, Bill (Peter Weller), a failed writer turned successful exterminator.
Walton is a failed writer who sets out to explore the North Pole and expand his scientific knowledge in hopes of achieving fame.
At the same time, her marriage to her second husband, Donald Gibbs, a failed writer and alcoholic, had ended.
Sam is a failed writer who selfishly uses the three main characters in order to have a chance at writing a popular and successful novel.
"California", a failed writer once said, "is America, only more so".
