t.s. elliot and edgar allen poe mostly. "she was a catholic convert, apparently sworn to celibacy with a taste for repressed gothic ghost stories." was that you? >> people write what they want to write. >> rose: are you flattered by that or taken aback by that? >> it's always interesting to see -- >> rose: hard drinking southerner? >> it's always interesting to see yourself the way other people see you. it's interesting -- >> rose: but what is true about -- >> go ahead. >> rose: what is true about this is that you can recite great swathes of poetry and passages from great literature because they meant something to you. >> they did. and when i was a child i used to copy out things again and again and again which is how i did memorize things and commit them to. >> rose: >> rose: by copying them? >> by copying them down. even if i'm in the doctor's office waiting to see -- and if i'm bored i'll recite "sailing to byzantium." to myself. >> rose: recite it for me. >> that is no country for old men, the young in one another's arm