And maybe I, being from the race I am, pay more attention to that than to the gentler aspects. But then, that's my fate. It's a very hard question to answer. First and foremost for me is language. All I know is, when I heard them, they bestirred me.
Language is an extraordinary thing.
It is more extraordinary than any nuclear weapon. You can do anything with it. James Joyce did. You can turn it inside out. I love even the vague possibility that I can be engaged in that trade or vocation.