... And then Vecherovsky delivered his second monologue-this time in prose:



"When I'm feeling down, I work," he said. "When I'm troubled, when I'm in a slump, when life feels dull-I sit down and work. Maybe there are other remedies, but I don't know them. Or they simply don't work for me. If you want my advice, here it is: just sit down and work. Thank goodness, people like you and me don't need much for that-just a piece of paper and a pencil..."