My 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.
ANTON CHEKHOVFaith is an aptitude of the spirit. It is, in fact, a talent: you must be born with it.
More Anton Chekhov Quotes
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Be sure not to discuss your hero’s state of mind. Make it clear from his actions.
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Do you see that tree? It is dead but it still sways in the wind with the others. I think it would be like that with me. That if I died I would still be part of life in one way or another.
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The more cultured a man, the less fortunate he is.
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The world perishes not from bandits and fires, but from hatred, hostility, and all these petty squabbles.
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The role of the artist is to ask questions, not answer them.
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There is something beautiful, touching and poetic when one person loves more than the other, and the other is indifferent.
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In all the universe nothing remains permanent and unchanged but the spirit.
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If you wish women to love you be original; I know a man who used to wear felt boots summer and winter & women fell in love with him.
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Calculating selfishness is the annihilation of self.
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My love is like a stone tied round my neck; it’s dragging me down to the bottom; but I love my stone. I can’t live without it.
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Man is what he believes.
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Better to perish from fools than to accept praises from them.
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People don’t notice whether it’s winter or summer when they’re happy.
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If you want to work on your art, work on your life.
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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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