In my blood there is no Jewish blood. In their callous rage, all anti-Semites must hate me now as a Jew. For that reason I am a true Russian.

I love sport because I love life, and sport is one of the basic joys of life.

In Russia all tyrants believe poets to be their worst enemies.

When truth is replaced by silence,the silence is a lie.

Ever since then I have known that if all the values in this world are more or less questionable, the most important thing in life is kindness.

But time has a way of demonstrating the most stubborn are the most intelligent.

Those who are used to a cage will weep for a cage.