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

The Constitution doesn't mention rain.

As to the state, from my point of view, the measure of a writer's patriotism is not oaths from a high platform, but how he writes in the language of the people among whom he lives .

After all, it is hard to master both life and work equally well. So if you are bound to fake one of them, it had better be life.

When I'm not writing or reading, I'm thinking about both.

The moment that you place blame somewhere, you undermine your resolve to change anything.

Life—the way it really is—is a battle not between good and bad, but between bad and worse