Write, write, write-till your fingers break.
ANTON CHEKHOVIf in the first act you introduce a gun, by the third act you have to use it.
More Anton Chekhov Quotes
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The happy man only feels at ease because the unhappy bear their burden in silence. Without this silence, happiness would be impossible.
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The task of a writer is not to solve the problem but to state the problem correctly.
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A good upbringing means not that you won’t spill sauce on the tablecloth, but that you won’t notice it when someone else does.
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The role of the artist is to ask questions, not answer them.
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To judge between good or bad, between successful and unsuccessful would take the eye of a God.
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I expect I shall be a student to the end of my days.
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Three o’clock in the morning. The soft April night is looking at my windows and caressingly winking at me with its stars. I can’t sleep, I am so happy.
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Any idiot can face a crisis – it’s day to day living that wears you out.
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When a person expends the least amount of motion on one action, that is grace.
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You ask me what life is. That’s like asking what a carrot is. A carrot is a carrot, and there’s nothing more to know.
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Everything should be first-rate in a person, his face, clothes, soul and thoughts.
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You must trust and believe in people or life becomes impossible.
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Lying is the same as alcoholism. Liars prevaricate even on their deathbeds.
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People should be beautiful in every way – in their faces, in the way they dress, in their thoughts, and in their innermost selves.
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Do silly things. Foolishness is a great deal more vital and healthy than our straining and striving after a meaningful life.
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