Alan Ayckbourn describes symptoms of his stroke

“A very nice doctor came in and said, ‘Are you aware that when you say yes, you’re saying no?’ ” Mr. Ayckbourn recalled, speaking by telephone from the house he shares with his wife in Scarborough, North Yorkshire. “I said, ‘No.’ And he said, ‘I don’t think this conversation can continue.’ ”

from the NY Times 4/22/09