:20:04
Listen, your short story
was absolutely fabulous.
:20:09
-Really?
-Yeah.
:20:11
l was very impressed, l must say.
:20:13
lt was probably the best this term.
:20:16
-lt was wonderful.
-That's great!
:20:18
The insights were great,
the prose was very graceful.
:20:22
You know, in general, l was impressed.
:20:26
-God, l'm blushing, right?
-Well, don't--
:20:29
My face gets all red.
:20:31
l may just cry.
:20:34
Well, don't take it that badly.
l meant it as a compliment.
:20:39
lt was great. Wonderful.
:20:41
Your approbation means
more than anybody's.
:20:44
You're the reason why
l wanted to write.
:20:47
-Really?
-Yeah.
:20:49
My family and l, we used to quote
''The Grey Hat.''
:20:54
How do you remember that story?
:20:56
''Giving up his hopes...
:20:58
...compromising one's dreams,
is like putting on a grey hat.''
:21:03
l love that!
:21:05
You remember that. That's great.
:21:07
Listen. You can hear my heart beating.
:21:10
How'd you get the name Rain?
:21:13
My parents named me after...
:21:17
...Rilke.
:21:18
-Did they?
-Yeah, it's my mother's favourite poet.
:21:22
So that's how l got it.
:21:24
Are your folks, you know, writers?
:21:27
No, my dad's an investment banker
and my mom works at Lincoln Center.
:21:32
Are you an only child?
:21:35
-Why are you asking these questions?
-l'm interested.
:21:39
l was so impressed.
:21:41
l gave it to someone else
and she was also impressed.
:21:45
Oh, really?
:21:47
-Are you from New York?
-l'm from East End Avenue.
:21:51
-Are these too many questions?
-No.
:21:54
lt's just the only child one.
Yes, l was an only child. Yeah.
:21:59
So how did you manage
to write something so deep?