:02:13
[ Man ]
It is so difficult
to know where I should begin.
:02:17
Especially when, unlike you,
I already know the ending.
:02:22
But let us say that this story
began with the end of another,
:02:26
far, far from the surf
of Long Island.
:02:31
For many years, I had
absolutely no public life.
:02:35
I had said, "No,"
to interviews so often,
:02:38
it was widely
regarded as my forte.
:02:41
Then, just once--
on impulse-- I said,
:02:46
"Yes."
:02:50
Does the 20th century
play any part in your life?
:02:52
I'm sorry?
Do you, for instance,
use a word processor?
:02:56
I'm a writer. I write.
:03:00
I don't process words.
:03:02
[ Interviewer ]
So, who do you write for?
:03:05
Myself.
May I ask why
you're here today?
:03:08
Well, I was
wondering that myself.
:03:10
But... your...
colleague was... a friend...
:03:14
of my late wife, who translated
for the World Service.
:03:17
And, of course, I do have
a faint interest as to how
these things are done, you know.
:03:22
You've never been
tempted to write for radio?
:03:24
Or television?
I'm afraid not.
:03:27
Would you permit your work
to be adapted for the screen,
:03:29
now that even
E.M. Forster's been done?
:03:32
Oh, I'd prefer
not to be done.
:03:34
[ Interviewer ]
But he's been done rather well,
don't you think?
:03:36
I've-- I've no idea.
:03:40
I haven't been to the pictures
for quite some time.