Often I have been asked to write my memoir. My negative answer was always based on never having kept a diary, and not being anywhere near memorious enough. Example: What's the good of having pleasurably lunched with the great writer Jorge Luis Borges, when all I can remember is how beautifully he spoke English, but not a single word spoken by anyone?Now, however, a lesser possibility presents itself: retrieving some …
SOURCE: John Simon at 10:24AM on February 6, 2011