Wright's gratification

Wright feels gratified after sharing his writing with his neighbor because as it says on page 121, his neighbor's "inability to grasp what I had done or was trying to do somehow gratified me." He does not even seem to know why it gratified him, because he goes on to say that "Afterwards whenever I thought of her reaction I smiled happily for some unaccountable reason." Maybe it was because he felt that he was smarter then her, because she did not understand it, and for once in his life he felt like he was a little better than someone else. I think it is unusual that he feels gratified that someone does not understand why he wrote something. I personally would want people to understand why I write.