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He who desires nothing, hopes for nothing, and is afraid of nothing, cannot be an artist.

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Even while lying, you’ll be believed if you speak with authority.
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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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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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Everyone has the same God; only people differ.
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Lying is the same as alcoholism. Liars prevaricate even on their deathbeds.
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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.
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Man is what he believes.
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Medicine is my lawful wife and literature my mistress; when I get tired of one, I spend the night with the other.
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If you are afraid of loneliness, do not marry.
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The problem is that we attempt to solve the simplest questions cleverly, thereby rendering them unusually complex. One should seekthe simple solution.
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The aim of fiction is absolute and honest truth.
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Love, respect, and friendship do unite a people as well as a common hatred does.
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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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Brevity – the sister of talent.
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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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Man will become better when you show him what he is like.
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He who desires nothing, hopes for nothing, and is afraid of nothing, cannot be an artist.
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They say philosophers and wise men are indifferent. Wrong. Indifference is a paralysis of the soul, a premature death.
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The role of the artist is to ask questions, not answer them.
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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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He is an emancipated thinker who is not afraid to write foolish things.
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Better a debauched canary than a pious wolf.
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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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Everything should be first-rate in a person, his face, clothes, soul and thoughts.
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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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It’s very hard, feeling that you’re no more than a piece of unwanted furniture in this world.
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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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