Teach me to remove bloat!

Hey guys, I would like some pointer (no, not that kind) on removing bloat in code. Here is a fully functional piece of code that I wrote which I'm worried about bloat in. How do I shorten this?

int get_input()
{
    int count, paren_count, total_count, c;
    char *input, *temp;

    input = (char *) malloc (500 * sizeof (char));

    if (input == NULL) return 0;
    printf("%% ");
    for (count = paren_count = total_count = 0; (c = getchar()) != EOF; count++, input++, total_count++)
    {
        if (count == 499)
        {
            input -= total_count;
            temp = (char *) realloc (input, (500 + total_count) * sizeof (char));
            if (temp == NULL)
                return 0;
            input = temp;
            input += total_count;
        }
        if (c == '\n')
        {
            *input = '\0';
            temp = input;
            temp -= (count);
            count = 0;
            for (; *temp != '\0'; temp++)
            {
                if (*temp == '(')
                    paren_count++;
                else if (*temp == ')')
                    paren_count--;
            }
            if (paren_count == 0)
                break;
            printf("  ");
        }
        *input = c;
    }
    *temp = '\0';
    input -= total_count;
    printf("%s\n", input);
    free(input);
    return 0;
}

>>22
You think I give a shit if realloc works or not? You think his program is going to be able to gracefully degrade if it runs out of memory? Get the fuck out with your useless pedantry.