Things We Only Say at Night

It's, like, the most amazing thing about what we do, you know?

Yeah.

Yeah, and you use it so well, man.

You use it so well.

And it is interesting.

Like, I will try to find a word.

It's like sometimes I'll say something, and I'll be like, "No, that's not it." I need the exact word.

Yeah.

And if I can get the exact word, it can help me unlock a feeling.

For sure.

It can help me be extremely specific about what I'm trying to say.

Where do you look for your words?

I look, like, in my feelings a lot of times.

Huh.

You know? I, yeah, I look in my feelings, like-

You got a dictionary in your heart.

Yeah.

It's like that's not the word.

And sometimes you get it, and sometimes you don't get it.

I bought a big dictionary recently 'cause I've, I write, um...

Well, I like to have a dictionary with me when I'm writing fiction.

Mm-hmm.

And, uh, um, I w- I wrote it, and I wrote this book, and then I started writing this other one.

And I write it with a typewriter.

It's very old-fashioned.