Literature has become my life.
Interpretation
Literature is not just a part of Bulgakov's life; it is the essence of his existence.
Mikhail Bulgakov's quote underscores the profound impact that literature can have on an individual's identity and purpose. For him, literature transcends mere hobby or profession; it is intertwined with his very being, shaping his thoughts, actions, and experiences throughout life.
In practice
During a speech at a literary festival, one might quote this to emphasize the importance of literature in shaping personal identity.
But would you kindly ponder this question: What would your good do if evil didn't exist, and what would the earth look like if all the shadows disappeared? After all, shadows are cast by things and people. Here is the shadow of my sword. But shadows also come from trees and living beings. Do you want to strip the earth of all trees and living things just because of your fantasy of enjoying naked light? You're stupid.
just like a murderer jumps of nowhere in an ally, love jumped out in front of us and struck us both at once
The tongue can conceal the truth, but the eyes never! You're asked an unexpected question, you don't even flinch, it takes just a second to get yourself under control, you know just what you have to say to hide the truth, and you speak very convincingly, and nothing in your face twitches to give you away. But the truth, alas, has been disturbed by the question, and it rises up from the depths of your soul to flicker in your eyes and all is lost.
Well, as everyone knows, once witchcraft gets started, there's no stopping it.
Remove the document—and you remove the man.
The tongue may hide the truth but the eyes—never!
The dignity of the artist lies in his duty of keeping awake the sense of wonder in the world.
There are millions of chords. There are millions of numbers. And everyone forgets the one that is a zero. But without the zero, numbers are just arithmetic. Without the empty chord, music is just noise.
What I hate about kitchen-sink dramas is [this idea] that the set is real, therefore you're going to be seeing truth. You have to earn truth. Truth can't be a part of the fact that people appear to talk that way and live in that room. You're looking for the poetry in something, and I don't mean poetry in the fancy sense. Naturalism believes by just replicating a thing you give the truth, rather than earning the truth.
She died with a knife in her hand in her kitchen, where she had cooked for fifty years, and the death was solemnly listed in the newspaper as that of an artist.
What the poet is searching for_x000D_ is not the fundamental I_x000D_ but the deep you.
When you are writing fiction your task is to reflect the fullest complications of the world
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