It's always very nice to hear an author talk about their work and the intentions behind some of their narrative choices. I'm not quite sure whether this speech was adapted before being printed, or if this is a 1:1 transcription of the speech , as what Le Guin says just works very well in written form. There's a lot of humor and truth in what she says, and I feel that these two factors make for a beautiful and well-worded speech.