There is no progress in art.

People seldom learn from the mistakes of others-not because they deny the value of the past, but because they are faced with new problems.

Do not count the days, do not count the miles. Count only the Germans you have killed. Kill the German - this is your old mother's prayer. Kill the German - this is what your children beseech you to do. Kill the German - this is the cry of your Russian earth. Do not waver. Do not let up. Kill.

Man is apt to be more moved by the art of his own period, not because it is more perfect, but because it is organically related to him.

Kill the Germans, wherever you find them! Every German is our moral enemy. Have no mercy on women, children, or the aged! Kill every German - wipe them out!

There is nothing more wonderful than freedom of speech.

It’s as much a writer’s concern, who is responsible to his readers for all the books written before him as well as those which will be written after him.