The universe is deterministic all right, just like Newton said, I mean it's trying to be, but the only thing going wrong is people fancying people who aren't supposed to be in that part of the plan.

A man speaking sense to himself is no madder than a man speaking nonsense not to himself.

We're actors. We're the opposite of people.

People think there's a choice between smoking and immortality, but we've all got to die of something.

Words, words. They're all we have to go on.

The universe is deterministic all right, just like Newton said, I mean it's trying to be, but the only thing going wrong is people fancying people who aren't supposed to be in that part of the plan.

Having translated two plays by Chekhov, and not speaking Russian myself - I cannot say one sentence. This may shock people... However, I am not shocked, as it is not hard to find out what the words mean.