Sacred Writing
The first money I’ve earned in my life
The first money I’d earned in my life was that from my first private lesson. Before that time like many other children I used to get money from my parents for doing something or just for granted. I remember the sum it was 100 rubles. I was so excited, so contented that the world seemed to stand still, it was a bliss. But then this feeling disappeared after another and another lesson. It became a part of my life, a routine if it could be called so. Of course I get pleasure from my private classes, but I’d like to return that feeling which I once had. I should also say that I’m lucky in finding money and jewelry in the streets. Once I found 50 dollars in the supermarket and a year later a gold ring in the puddle.

Afternoon Pages
What does the word fame mean for you? Is it a way of sacrificing yourself for the sake of the public or an easy way of making money?
I’m absolutely against of sacrificing myself for the sake of the public, or of others, except of course my closest people. But these are sacrifices which have nothing to do with fame. For me “fame” is popularity first of all, public recognition and of course an easy way of making money. When you are famous you have an easy access to everything. The doors are open for you. But fame is a very temporary state, sometimes you can become famous over the night, but the hardest thing is to stay firmly at the zenith of your fame. It is extremely difficult not to fall from such a “high mountain”, not to crash. Otherwise you would be a poor victim of your own success.