Exquisite nature, daydreams, and music say one thing, real life another.
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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Life is given only once, and one wants to live it boldly, with full conscious and beauty.
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Not one of our mortal gauges is suitable for evaluating non-existence, for making judgments about that which is not a person.
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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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Try to reason about love, and you will lose your reason.
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For God’s sake, have some self-respect and do not run off at the mouth if your brain is out to lunch.
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In short stories it is better to say not enough than to say too much, because, because–I don’t know why.
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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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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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It’s very hard, feeling that you’re no more than a piece of unwanted furniture in this world.
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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 man and a woman marry because both of them do not know what to do with themselves.
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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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People don’t notice whether it’s winter or summer when they’re happy.
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Each of us is full of too many wheels, screws and valves to permit us to judge one another on a first impression or by two or three external signs.
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I observed that after marriage people cease to be curious.
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