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.

A horrible human toll the Russian Orthodox Church suffered throughout almost the entire 20th century. The Church is just rising from its knees. Our young post-Soviet state is just learning to respect the Church as an independent institution.

A state of war only serves as an excuse for domestic tyranny.

The secret is that when you've been pitched head first into hell you just write about it

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

Violence does not and cannot flourish by itself; it is inevitably intertwined with lying.

We didn't love freedom enough.