To destroy a people, you must first sever their roots.
The most intense patriotism always flourishes in the rear.
For a country to have a great writer is to have another government.
The solemn pledge to abstain from telling the truth was called socialist realism.
Talent is always conscious of its own abundance, and does not object to sharing.
I have always had that inner drive, since my birth. And I have always devoted myself gladly to work - to work and to the struggle.