MW: It is my most firm, perhaps my only, belief.
FM: (giggling nervously): Well, can you tell me a little about your collaborators on the project?
MW: My dear sir, man is an island, and stands alone to face the twists and turns of unkind fortune. The same goes for woman. Would that it were not so.
FM: Oh. I just thought you might have a cast and some financial backing.
MW: Ah yes, very much so. I have, in fact, drawn on some of the best minds of our generation. To do otherwise would have been unthinkable. But I am afraid that I cannot jeopardize their privacy.
FM: But couldn't you just...
MW: (bombastically): Fame comes at a cruel price, my friend! A cruel price indeed!
FM: Oh, I'm sorry. I withdraw the question. Perhaps you could tell me, though, for the benefit of my readers, when the rock opera will be performed?
MW: I would be more than happy to. It will be performed the first weekend of December in the Adams House Kronauer Space.
FM: Thank you very much for your time.
MW: You're very welcome.