The rule would be that nobody could do anything phoney when they visited Holden. If anybody tried to do anything phoney, they couldn't stay.
He says he'd let his older brother D.B. visit him for a while if he wanted a nice, quiet place for his writing, but he couldn’t write any movies in his cabin, only stories and books.
D.B. is a screenwriter in Hollywood. He used to write great stories that Holden credits him with being his favorite writer. But D.B. is the height of phoniness in Holden's mind because he believes that he is using his talent as a writer inappropriately.
Holden believes that his brother is a sellout, giving up on the intellectual pursuit to make money.
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