If you have to be careful because of oppression and censorship, this pressure produces diamonds.

For us, the best time is always yesterday.

I don't think people are fools, and I think they deserve a good attitude and smart entertainment.

I don't want to deal with big, grand themes in my stories; art has nothing to do with themes. When you deal with themes, you are not creating; you are lecturing.

I am interested in the subject which is Russia.

Already the writers are complaining that there is too much freedom. They need some pressure. The worse your daily life, the better your art. If you have to be careful because of oppression and censorship, this pressure produces diamonds.

If there is a pattern, it will come back - maybe in Russia more than anywhere else, because it has collapsed so many times. Maybe less so here in the States, because here the society is so young.