..when One Has No Real Life, One

In Descriptions Of Nature One Must Seize On Small Details, Grouping Them So That When The Reader Closes His Eyes He Gets A Picture. For Instance, You'll Have A Moonlit Night If You Write That On The Mill Dam A Piece Of Glass From A Broken Bottle Glittered Like A Bright Little Star, And That The Black Shadow Of A Dog Or A Wolf Rolled Past Like A Ball.

Art, Especially The Stage, Is An Area Where It Is Impossible To Walk Without Stumbling.

Lying Is The Same As Alcoholism. Liars Prevaricate Even On Their Deathbeds.

In My Opinion It Is Harmful To Place Important Things In The Hands Of Philanthropy, Which In Russia Is Marked By A Chance Character. Nor Should Important Matters Depend On Leftovers, Which Are Never There. I Would Prefer That The Government Treasury Take Care Of It.

The Wealthy Are Always Surrounded By Hangers-on; Science And Art Are As Well.