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 CHEKHOVNothing can be accomplished by logic and ethics.
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Love, respect, and friendship do unite a people as well as a common hatred does.
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Nothing can be accomplished by logic and ethics.
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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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A good upbringing means not that you won’t spill sauce on the tablecloth, but that you won’t notice it when someone else does.
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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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When all is said and done, no literature can outdo the cynicism of real life; you won’t intoxicate with one glass someone who has already drunk up a whole barrel.
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The secret of boring people lies in telling them everything.
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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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Let us learn to appreciate there will be times when the trees will be bare, and look forward to the time when we may pick the fruit.
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Lying is the same as alcoholism. Liars prevaricate even on their deathbeds.
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An artist observes, selects, guesses, and synthesizes.
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The snow has not yet left the earth but spring is already asking to enter your heart.
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In all the universe nothing remains permanent and unchanged but the spirit.
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We shall find peace. We shall hear angels, we shall see the sky sparkling with diamonds.
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