Failure in the lab is not the end - it's just another data point.
"Writing is easy: all you do is sit staring at a blank sheet of paper until drops of blood form on your forehead."
"La ciudad no es solo un escenario, es un personaje más en mis novelas."
That's one small step for (a) man, one giant leap for mankind.
The poem is not a dialogue. The poem is a monologue delivered in the presence of a witness.