People who lead a lonely existence always have something on their minds that they are eager to talk about..

Not one of our mortal gauges is suitable for evaluating non-existence, for making judgments about that which is not a person..

Every person lives his real, most interesting life under the cover of secrecy..

Even in Siberia there is happiness..

I don’t understand anything about the ballet; all I know is that during the intervals the ballerinas stink like horses..

The illusion which exalts us is dearer to us than ten thousand truths..

Every coming year is as bad as the previous one, the only difference being that in most cases it is even worse..

I've been reading reviews of my stories for twenty-five years, and can't remember a single useful point in any of them, or the slightest good advice.….

Everything is good in due measure and strong sensations know not measure..

A woman is fascinated not by art but by the noise made by those in the field..

Then I feel so happy and at the same time so sad, it's unimaginable..

An artist must only judge of what he understands, his field is just as limited as that of any other specialist... That in his sphere there are no que….

There is nothing new in art except talent..

One must never place a loaded rifle on the stage if it isn't going to go off. It's wrong to make promises you don't mean to keep..

If you look at anything long enough, say just that wall in front of you - it will come out of that wall..

When asked, "Why do you always wear black?", he said, "I am mourning for my life..

It always seems to the brothers and the father that their brother or son didn't marry the right person..

It is easy to be a philosopher in academia, but it is very difficult to be a philosopher in life..

Tsars and slaves, the intelligent and the obtuse, publicans and pharisees all have an identical legal and moral right to honor the memory of the dece….

Women can't forgive failure..

Write, write, write-till your fingers break..