1:18:01
Yeah, it's hard.
1:18:04
You give them hope.
1:18:08
Yeah, I guess.
You do.
1:18:10
You give 'em hope
because you have
transcended, Lesra.
1:18:15
It is very important
to transcend
the places that hold us.
1:18:21
You know that ?
You've learned to read.
You've learned to write.
1:18:25
Writing is--
It's magic.
1:18:29
You feel that sometimes ?
1:18:33
Yeah, I guess I do.
Mm-hmm.
1:18:35
When I started writing,
1:18:40
I discovered that
I was doing more than
just telling a story.
1:18:44
See, writing is a weapon,
1:18:46
and it's more powerful
than a fist can ever be.
1:18:50
Every time I sat down to write,
I could rise above the walls
of this prison.
1:18:55
I could look out
over the walls all across
the state of New Jersey,
1:19:00
and I could see
Nelson Mandela in his cell
writing his book.
1:19:04
I could see Huey.
I could see Dostoyevsky.
1:19:07
I could see Victor Hugo,
Emile Zola.
1:19:10
And they would say to me,