“Your reading of these words is very beautiful and, somehow, very sad, because we both know it must end.”

“I hope that as a totally literate human being that you don't even know what "illiteracy" is because it simply doesn't exist in your world.”

“I have this rage that I can't explain. It's sad.”

“The problem with this poem, from your perspective, must be its lack of financial value. I guess my problem with you, from my perspective, is how you insist on putting a financial value on everything.”

“It's beautiful to transcend generations and to just be inside an artistic work, together, enjoying what only a great artistic work can provide.”

“I do feel like I have important, beautiful things to say about the world, I just can't think of them at this particular instant.”

“I wait for this rare and fleeting event because I can't think of anything else worth waiting for.”