Production office of a major TV network:
Serge, we need to address the way you speak to the team.
Oh, screw this, we won't address shit! I'll just say whatever the fuck I want, and if anyone is offended, you can fire my ass! What I said wasn't event offending.
Yes, it was. Very much so.
To whom?
To everybody.
Yeah, so nobody! It's not like I've been racist or anything. I just said you were a bunch of incompetent bureaucrats. It's not an insult; it's a fact!
If you keep like this, we'll have to pull the plug on the show. We won't work with someone who insults our staff.
Then pull the plug.
I'll do it. For real.
Do it. What I say is what I say.
Later, on an interview:
That's a pretty ballsy statement. You don't mince your words.
Nope! I value my freedom.
But you did apologize, though, and ended up working for them.
Yeah, I needed the money.
Coming soon in "A Very Confident Author":
Serge agrees to remove the social themes from his series in exchange for a parking spot.