Our government declared that it is conducting some kind of great reforms. In reality, no real reforms were begun and no one at any point has declared a coherent programme.

Generosity is a two-edged virtue for an artist - it nourishes his imagination but has a fatal effect on his routine.

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

Patriotism means unqualified and unwavering love for the nation, which implies not uncritical eagerness to serve, not support for unjust claims, but frank assessment of its vices and sins, and penitence for them.

Beat a dog once and you only have to show him the whip.

It is the artist who realizes that there is a supreme force above him and works gladly away as a small apprentice under God's heaven.

The "October Revolution" is a myth generated by the winners, the Bolsheviks, and swallowed whole by progressive circles in the West.