At the very end of the interview, Terkel asks Baldwin who he is now. Baldwin replies, “Who, indeed? Well, I may be able to tell you quite who I am but I think I’m discovering who I’m not. I want to be an honest man, and I want to be a good writer. And I don’t know if one ever gets to be what one wants to be, you know. I think you just have to play it by ear. And pray for rain.”