December 9th, 2007
Letters from a Young Writer, Part 2
do u think u can help me with my writing?
She made it sound so easy. I don’t think she understood what she asked.
I remember a story about a pianist, supposedly Vladimir Horowitz but probably apocryphal. After a concert, it’s said that a woman came up to speak with him, amazed by how well he played. “I’d give twenty years of my life to play like that!” she gushed.
Horowitz looked pleased. “Ma’am, that’s exactly what it takes!”
