kerouac says

one of the tiny ways in which unpaid theatre in new york is slightly more exciting than unpaid theatre in the regions is that there is always the chance someone a little famouser than you is in the audience. when i got that job that required me to take the F train everyday, i always imagined running into this guy but it never happened. he did, however, see my show on friday night. and when i ran into him in the house i said what may have begun as an appropriate i'm-a-fan hello, and then started talking about my costume underwear. it was loosely related to the content of the theatre piece, but still. perhaps i could have decathected my uncool a little.