Write only of what is important and eternal.
ANTON CHEKHOVMy own experience is that once a story has been written, one has to cross out the beginning and the end. It is there that we authors do most of our lying.
More Anton Chekhov Quotes
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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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The teacher must be an actor, an artist,passionately in love with his work.
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When a person expends the least amount of motion on one action, that is grace.
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I don’t understand anything about the ballet; all I know is that during the intervals the ballerinas stink like horses.
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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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Write, write, write-till your fingers break.
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Even while lying, you’ll be believed if you speak with authority.
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If in the first act you introduce a gun, by the third act you have to use it.
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It’s very hard, feeling that you’re no more than a piece of unwanted furniture in this world.
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It’s easier to ask for money from the poor than from the wealthy.
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It’s not a matter of old or new forms; a person writes without thinking about any forms, he writes because it flows freely from his soul.
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Doctors are just the same as lawyers; the only difference is that lawyers merely rob you, whereas doctors rob you and kill you too.
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An artist observes, selects, guesses, and synthesizes.
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What a fine weather today! Can’t choose whether to drink tea or to hang myself.
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People don’t notice whether it’s winter or summer when they’re happy.
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