Why can't you understand? The stars fall down now and then. The gaps have to be filled.

You know the words from the Bible: 'Build not on sand, but on rock....' Tyrant leaders respect only firmness...and laugh at persons who give in to them.

For us in Russia, communism is a dead dog, while, for many people in the West, it is still a living lion.

One drop of truth can outweigh an ocean of lies

I refuse to see literature as amusement, as a game. I think that you ought not to approach literature without a moral responsibility for every word you write.

A hard life improves the vision.

I insist on believing that beauty elevates human beings.