Robert A. Heinlein. Double star (№ 177419)

No matter how many times in your life you went on stage - no matter, still a minute when doing the first step when the curtain rises and begins premiere, you have a breathtaking and heart-stopping. Yes, of course, you know your lines. Of course, you asked the assistant Director to calculate everything up to the semicolon. Of course, you already hundreds of times came on the scene. It doesn't matter. When you do this first step and know that all eyes are on you, all waiting for your first words, the first gesture, maybe even expect, that you made a mistake, saying his monologue, then, my friend, you feel it all with all my heart.