The task of a writer is not to solve the problem but to state the problem correctly.
ANTON CHEKHOVPeople don’t notice whether it’s winter or summer when they’re happy.
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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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The role of the artist is to ask questions, not answer them.
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Write only of what is important and eternal.
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Lying is the same as alcoholism. Liars prevaricate even on their deathbeds.
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Man will become better when you show him what he is like.
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You must trust and believe in people or life becomes impossible.
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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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When a person is born, he can embark on only one of three roads of life: if you go right, the wolves will eat you; if you go left, you’ll eat the wolves; if you go straight, you’ll eat yourself.
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I observed that after marriage people cease to be curious.
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Love, respect, and friendship do unite a people as well as a common hatred does.
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You confuse two things: solving a problem and stating a problem correctly. It is only the second that is obligatory for an artist.
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An artist observes, selects, guesses, and synthesizes.
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This life of ours, human life is like a flower gloriously blooming in a meadow: along comes a goat, eats it up–no more flower.
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The secret of boring people lies in telling them everything.
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We shall find peace. We shall hear angels, we shall see the sky sparkling with diamonds.
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