:24:00
...and passions which they don't admit to.
:24:03
I think any character
is interesting and has extremes.
:24:10
it's a novelist's privilege to...
:24:13
...see how odd everyone is.
:24:15
In your novels you yourself...
:24:17
...were very exacting your use of language...
:24:20
...but in general terms, do you think
the language is becoming debased?
:24:26
Reading and writing...
:24:27
...and the preservation of language
and its forms...
:24:31
...and...
:24:33
...the kind of eloquence
and beauty that language is capable of...
:24:40
...is something terribly important
to human beings...
:24:42
...this is connected to thought.
:24:48
If children are not taught...
:25:01
What did you say? Did you ask...?
:25:03
I was asking about the importance of language.
:25:31
John.
:25:33
John. John.
:25:35
Iris?
:25:39
John.
:25:43
-Oh, you're there. I'm back.
-What is it?
:25:45
-Much earlier than I thought.
-Yes, I came straight back.
:25:49
I didn't know why I was there.
:25:51
You were going to do an interview.
:25:52
-Well,what interview?
-I don't know.
:25:54
And see your publisher?
:25:57
-Was it your publisher?
-So I came back.