Only the first swath cut by the scythe is difficult.

The earlier, the more fun. Why put it off? It’s the atomic age!

Own only what you can always carry with you: know languages, know countries, know people. Let your memory be your travel bag.

In our country the lie has become not just a moral category but a pillar of the State.

For a country to have a great writer is like having a second government. That is why no regime has ever loved great writers, only minor ones.

You should rejoice that you're in prison. Here you have time to think about your soul.

I am of course confident that I will fulfill my tasks as a writer in all circumstances - from my grave even more successfully and more irrefutably than in my lifetime.