 While living at the Chelsea Hotel , Solanas introduced herself to Maurice Girodias , the founder of Olympia Press and a fellow resident of the hotel . In August 1967 , Girodias and Solanas signed an informal contract stating that she would give Girodias her " next writing , and other writings . " In exchange , Girodias paid her $ 500 . She took this to mean that Girodias would own her work . She told Paul Morrissey that " everything I write will be his . He 's done this to me ... He 's screwed me ! " Solanas intended to write a novel based around the SCUM Manifesto , and believed that a conspiracy was behind Warhol 's failure to return the Up Your Ass script . She suspected that he was coordinating with Girodias to steal her work . 
