“Anton Chekhov said that, when the audience sees a loaded pistol on the wall in act 1, it must go off by act 3.” — F.H. Buckley Copy Share Image
“Don’t tell me the moon is shining; show me the glint on the broken glass.” Anton Chekhov” — Richard S. Hartmetz Copy Share Image
[Anton] Chekhov is the most produced playwright in the world after Shakespeare, and most of the people in my sort of audience… — Robert Dessaix Copy Share Image
“Anton Chekhov wisely said, “"The task of a writer is not to solve the problem but to state the problem correctly.” — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Don't tell me the moon is shining. Show me the glint of light on broken glass." - Anton Chekhov” — Allen Rosenberg Copy Share Image
I read Lorrie Moore and Marilynne Robinson and Jhumpa Lahiri and Richard Ford, John Updike, Anton Chekhov, Vladimir Nabokov - all of… — Michelle Zauner Copy Share Image
My favorite author is Anton Chekhov, not so much for the plays but for his short stories, and I think he was… — Gene Wilder Copy Share Image
“Anton Chekhov famously said that a gun appearing in the first act of a play will inevitably be fired in the third.… — Yuval Noah Harari Copy Share Image
In my teaching, I try to expose my students to the widest range of aesthetic possibilities, so I'll offer them stories from… — Chang-Rae Lee Copy Share Image
“Beauties” by Anton Chekhov, “The Doll’s House” by Katherine Mansfield, “A Perfect Day for Bananafish” by J. D. Salinger, “Brownies” or “Drinking… — Gabrielle Zevin Copy Share Image
I did [Henrik] Ibsen and [Anton] Chekhov for years. Obviously I didn't get the kind of recognition I have now. Somebody once… — Joe Manganiello Copy Share Image
“Over the last seventy years humankind has broken not only the Law of the Jungle, but also the Chekhov Law. Anton Chekhov… — Yuval Noah Harari Copy Share Image
“You can't wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club. Jack London. My favorite quote. : ) Don't… — Reggi Allder Copy Share Image
Do you know," Ivan Bunin recalls Anton Chekhov saying to him in 1899, near the end of his too-short life, "for how… — Anton Chekhov Copy Share Image
I really like the stuff that is very absurd and very real at the same time. I think Anton Chekhov is the… — Rainn Wilson Copy Share Image
I was deeply influenced by the sartorial practices of both preachers and jazz musicians and actually Masha in Act One of Anton… — Cornel West Copy Share Image
I think that maybe happy families don't need stories the way unhappy families need stories. Maybe they're too busy living that they… — Peter Orner Copy Share Image
Film and television as a medium has only very recently begun to be taught at the great drama schools in the UK.… — James Callis Copy Share Image
I wouldn't recommend it, because art school is a funny business. Yes, if you can find a situation where they'll give you… — Sigourney Weaver Copy Share Image
There's a great Anton Chekhov quote. He says, "The Russian loves recalling life, but he does not love living." That scene has… — Peter Orner Copy Share Image
“Anton Chekhov tells the truth neither out of love or respect for the truth, nor yet because, in the Kantian manner, a… — Lev Shestov Copy Share Image
“In Anton Chekhov’s play the Three Sisters, sister Masha refuses ‘to live and not know why the cranes fly, why children are… — Chet Raymo Copy Share Image
“However, we should not confuse ability with motivation. Though cyber warfare introduces new means of destruction, it doesn’t necessarily add new incentives… — Yuval Noah Harari Copy Share Image
“Ethnocentrism, xenophobia and nationalism are these days rife in many parts of the world. Government repression of unpopular views is still widespread.… — Carl Sagan Copy Share Image
“One more nice thing about short stories is that you can create a story out of the smallest details -an idea that… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
“Any idiot can face a crisis, it is day to day living that wears you out. —Anton Chekhov” — Anonymous Copy Share Image
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