William Faulkner: Yes, ma’am.
Unidentified participant: Did you expect to write any more poetry? And if so, are there any particular subjects you’d like to see in your poetry?
William Faulkner: I’m a failed poet. I consider myself a failed poet. I’ve tried to be a poet, and I couldn’t be a good one, and so I did the next best thing which I could do, but I’m still a—a failed poet, but what I write is—is, in my opinion, poetry.