In general, with things unpleasant, the rule is: The sooner you hit bottom, the faster you surface.

I do not believe in political movements. I believe in personal movement, that movement of the soul when a man who looks at himself is so ashamed that he tries to make some sort of change - within himself, not on the outside.

On the whole, love comes with the speed of light; separation, with that of sound.

In general, in America, every discourse in literature in 15 minutes degenerates into a conversation about ethics, morality and this and that. The Holocaust and the consequences of it. Well, I find it terribly boring, predictable and unimportant, because what matters about literature is esthetic achievement.

The fact that we are living does not mean we are not sick.

In poetic thought, the role of the subconscious is played by euphony.

Persecution mania is still around. In your writing, in your exchanges with people, meeting people who are in Russian affairs, Russian literature, etcetera.