Gotta love her:
Famous Novelists on Symbolism in Their Work and Whether It Was Intentional | Mental Floss
http://mentalfloss.com/...30937/famous-novelists-symbolism-their-work-and-whether-it-was-intentional
My definition of symbolism as used in this questionnaire is represented by this example: In The Scarlet Letter there are four major characters. Some say that Hawthorne meant those four to be Nature, Religion, Science or other similar symbols in disguise. They apply the actions of the four in the story to what is presently happening or will happen to Nature, Religion, Science, etc.”
Ayn Rand: “This is not a ‘definition,’ it is not true—and therefore, your questions do not make sense.”

_BENNY: title="In a cavern deep below the Earth, Ayn Rand, Paul Ryan, Rand Paul, Ann Druyan, Paul Rudd, Alan Alda, and Duran Duran meet togther in the Secret Council of /(\b[plurandy]+\b ?){2}/i." alt="Ayn Random" (uhm? aha, regexp)