Evil people always support each other; that is their chief strength.

A great writer is, so to speak, a secret government in his country

I have always insisted on the need for local self-government for Russia, but I never opposed this model to Western democracy. On the contrary, I have tried to convince my fellow citizens by citing the examples of highly effective local self-government systems in Switzerland and New England, both of which I saw first-hand.

A man used to riding in a car cannot understand a pedestrian.

I cannot suggest political ways out, that is the task of politicians, so it is simply that those who accuse me of this do not know how to read.

The thoughts of a prisoner - they're not free either. They keep returning to the same things.

It is within the power of writers and artists to do much more: to defeat the lie!