Archer Quote by Jane Gardam

As with Shakespeare, we keep revisiting Chekhov.

— Geraldine James

For some reason in England, the word 'Chekhovian' is associated with drifting about with a parasol, a lot of weeping, and drinking tea from…

— Geraldine James

I'll take a [Pavel] Chekhov comparison any day! He's of course one of the great masters at the short story form, and has helped…

— Alexander Weinstein

Chekhov was as important to me as anybody as a writer.

— Al Pacino

Another older writer that had a huge influence on me is Chekhov. More contemporarily, it's hard to say.

— Chad Harbach

Chekhov, when it's done well and you're ready for it, can actually be quite funny.

— Vera Farmiga

Englands genius filled all measureOf heart and soul, of strength and pleasure,Gave to the mind its emperor,And life was larger than before:Nor sequent centuries…

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

I love Chekhov. I could go on all day about him.

— Tobias Wolff

Ibsen, Chekhov, Shakespeare, and Beckett to me are the most revolutionary.

— John Cameron Mitchell

[Anton] Chekhov is the most produced playwright in the world after Shakespeare, and most of the people in my sort of audience would have…

— Robert Dessaix

I love playing Chekhov. That's the hardest; that's why I love it most.

— Uta Hagen

Variety, individuality, peculiarity, eccentricity and indeed crankiness are agreeable to the British mind; they make life more interesting.

— Dorothy L. Sayers