Books Quote by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

Although I am losing my Soviet citizenship, I do not cease to be a Russian poet.

— Joseph Brodsky

There are a lot of things about Russian culture, art, music, photography and literature that I'm love with.

— Jamie Hince

I lived in Moscow for four years and really, really enjoyed it, and I have a really deep love for the Russian language and…

— Chrystia Freeland

I read Russian literature a lot.

— Mikhail Baryshnikov

I belong to Russian literature, but I am an American citizen, and I think it's the best possible combination.

— Joseph Brodsky

As my Russian improves, I become increasingly conscious of just what sort of a society I live in.

— Lee Harvey Oswald

I do a very good impersonation of an American - I went to high school here - but I've spent most of my life…

— Masha Gessen

Once I stop being a citizen of the U.S.S.R., I will not stop being a Russian poet.

— Joseph Brodsky

I didn't choose Russia but Russia chose me. I had been fascinated from an early age by the culture, the language, the literature and…

— Helen Dunmore

I've been going to Russia since 1979. I've been going quite frequently, and I've always had a wonderful rapport with the Russian audiences and…

— Elton John

If you had told me twenty years ago that I would write a novel set in Russia, much less two, I simply wouldn't have…

— Debra Dean

When I am teaching, I first give out Tolstoy's 'Childhood,' his first published book. It is so transparent. It gives you exactly what it…

— Claire Messud