“ I don't think people are fools, and I think they deserve a good attitude and smart entertainment. Tatyana Tolstaya
“ Politics disappears it vanishes. What remains constant is human life. So I try to develop a perspective in my writing where politics is just one of the pieces of furniture in this furnished world. It… Tatyana Tolstaya
“ If you have to be careful because of oppression and censorship this pressure produces diamonds. Tatyana Tolstaya
“ Dostoyevsky's indignation at Afanasy Fet's innocent lyrics, "Whispers, timid breath, the nightingales trilled," is well known. This is simply disgraceful, wrote Dostoyevsky indignantly, and he specula… Tatyana Tolstaya
“ You read, move your lips, figure out the words, and it's like you're in two places at the same time: you're sitting or lying with your legs curled up, your hand groping in the bowl, but you can see di… Tatyana Tolstaya
