Professor: Creative People Say No

RUSH: You remember, ladies and gentlemen, back when we lost Kit Carson, trusty aide-de-camp and chief of staff, one of the things that I pointed out in talking about him and informing you about him that created a lot of curiosity?  I, even today, am still getting an e-mail or two about it, but, at the time, I got quite a few e-mails about it.  I said that he had become an expert in saying "no," and people kind of chuckled. Well, they weren't quite sure what that meant.  Was I being funny?