I go to see plays all the time, and whenever I see Chekhov, I'm amazed at how this Russian play strikes home… — Neil Simon Copy Share Image
Like the characters in Chekhov, they have no reserves -– you learn the most intimate secrets. You get an impression of a… — Graham Greene Copy Share Image
When I started in the theater, I'd do plays by Shakespeare or Ibsen or Chekhov, and they all created great women's roles. — Annette Bening 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
It's very important to set your place in a concrete environment. I think Chekhov said that the important thing when you have… — Roman Polanski Copy Share Image
Chekhov, when it's done well and you're ready for it, can actually be quite funny. — Vera Farmiga Copy Share Image
Without Leskov there would be no Bulgakov, no Chekhov, but also no Garca Mrquez and Julio Cortzar. . . . Leskov is… — Alberto Manguel Copy Share Image
I wasnt a Star Trek fan, yet I knew who all the characters were. that goes to show what an impact the… — Marina Sirtis Copy Share Image
I suppose I have become a sort of living monument in Portugal. But I come from a family with roots all over… — Antonio Lobo Antunes Copy Share Image
Chekhov was capable of casually tossing off deplorable comments in his letters, combined with a very modern anger against anti-Semitism. — Tom Stoppard Copy Share Image
I see this quality [real interest and joy] in the work of [Pavel] Chekhov, of course, and [Alexei] Tolstoy and really just… — George Saunders Copy Share Image
English country life is more like Chekhov than 'The Archers' or Thomas Hardy or even the Updike ethic with which it is… — Jane Gardam Copy Share Image
Chekhov's stories are about the moment that a life goes off the rails and the price that will be paid - forever.… — Lorin Stein Copy Share Image
A play is basically a long, formalistic polemic. You can write it without the poetry, and if you do, you may have… — David Mamet Copy Share Image
Chekhov - shall I be blunt? - is the greatest short story writer who ever lived. — George Saunders Copy Share Image
I don't read many popular histories like the ones I write. The building blocks for my research are scholarly monographs, and the… — Rick Perlstein Copy Share Image
Very often in Chekhov, where he exhibits a little bit of human behavior that you recognize as true, you give a little… — Tom Stoppard Copy Share Image
One of the things that made me want to be an actor more than ever was seeing a Chekhov play, "The Sea… — Al Pacino Copy Share Image
How many really great writers are there who are totally non-political? You can hear the French Revolution in the poetry of [Percy… — Adam Hochschild Copy Share Image
I come from the theatre where there are no boundaries to the style you're doing; you're doing Molière, then you're doing Chekhov… — Mark Ruffalo Copy Share Image
“After moving his family from Yakima to Paradise, California, in 1958, he enrolled at Chico State College. There, he began an apprenticeship… — William L. Stull Copy Share Image
“Reading Chekhov, I felt not happy, exactly, but as close to happiness as I knew I was likely to come. And it… — Francine Prose Copy Share Image
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