body: I want to quote a line from a film in my novel. Specifically:
  
  
  
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  > "Don't ever lose your sense of humour, Dan. Don't ever lose your sense
  >  of humour."
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  From About Last Night (1986). So, it's not a long excerpt, just two sentences.
  
  
  I know I can't quote a single line from a song without incurring expensive permission fees. But, that's a short body of work. Does it apply to movies, too?
  
  
  
title: Does quoting a line from a film infringe copyright?