Tuesday, December 05, 2006
What kind of fool am I?
... the kind whose memory sometimes does him in. In my interview with Liz Lopatto, I gave credit to Mark Sarvas for reviewing Jane Gardam's Old Filth. Well, Mark has reviewed for me, but he didn't review Old Filth. That was reviewed by Michael Orthofer of The Compelete Review. As I told Michael, I said I was shooting my mouth off. My apologies to Michael.
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Same kind of fool as me, Frank! Neuron firing getting a bit more sporadic with increasing maturity and wisdom. Sometimes connections get made in the old cerebral cortex that are sort of nearly right but not quite. Just tell anyone who complains that it happens to us all!
ReplyDeleteOn a related note, it is actually very hard being interviewed, I find -- you have to stay focused, not get self-conscious, think of a succinct yet pertinent answer to the questions -- all in all it is hardly surprising that a few wires get crossed or dropped.
You're very kind, Maxine. I actually rely maybe too much on my memory, which has always been good. I still hardly write any reminders down and keep most of the book schedule and assignments in my head. But I should have checked in that case. Heck, I was sitting in front of my computer. I could have looked it up. I think I'm afraid if I start losing faith in my memory, my memory will work less well.
ReplyDeleteMy approach to interviews is just to answer the questions as I would any question - and not worry about making a fool of myself, since if I do make a fool of myself, at least others will be entertained. I can be amazingly carefree at times.