From the Film - Amargosa

The young man stood at the edge of a great desert

and imagined the adventure of crossing it.

But then he thought of the heat, thought of the distance,

and of what he was leaving behind

and soon forgot all about the beautiful dream

that had brought him in the first place.

He considered his troubles and thought of writing them down,

but remembered the perfection of Shakespeare's sonnets.

He thought of drawing them in the sand,

but recalled Michelangelo's flawless ceilings.

He thought of just singing out, but heard a Mozart aria mocking him.

He thought and he thought.

He looked out and he thought some more and hesitated.

And there he stood, an old man, thinking.