" This was nothing but an opportunity—an offer by an agent to represent them, but with no guarantee it would work. Still, Shear and Toomey decided to give it their best shot. They knew they needed more material, and the focus to write. So they took off for the Hamptons to bartend for the summer at Star Room, a club. They’d work until 4:00 a.m. most nights, and then haul themselves to Starbucks in the morning. “We just wrote all summer long,” Shear says. "
― Laura Vanderkam , 168 Hours: You Have More Time Than You Think