Quote by Mikhail Bulgakov

“At the height of the Cultural Revolution, rather than risk having to face dire consequences for his accumulated writings, he burned several kilos of…

— Gao Xingjian

“Prior to that I had written many works but I was unable to present them for publication, in fact I had burned them all.”

— Gao Xingjian

Manuscripts do not burn.

— Mikhail Bulgakov

“So deeply moved, he pulled the cassette from the machine, flipped it back over to the beginning, fitted it back into its snug carriage…

— Paul Harding

“He would not stoop even to pick up the old manuscript I am going to seek with so much trouble and fatigue. And in…

— Anatole France

“They walked away from the sea, Rolandsen in the lead. He kept to the edge of the road, in the snow, to leave room…

— Knut Hamsun

“It's a fiendishly difficult thing to do because paper that has been written on doesn't burn easily.”

— Mikhael Bulgakov

“Love, I wrote the book on it. Unfortunately, nobody would publish it, so I felt compelled to burn my manuscript.”

— Jarod Kintz

“I’m the forest fire, and you’re standing there with a glass of water saying you can put me out. But you can’t!” He arched…

— C.L. Wilson

“You’re his lover,’ said Jord. ‘I was.’ He owed Jord the truth. ‘We . . . it was the first time. Last night.’ ‘So you told him.’…

— C.S. Pacat

“Writing is like a lump of coal. Put it under enough pressure and polish it enough and you might just end up with a…

— A.J. Dalton

“Never walk over a writer, I said to myself, unless you're positive he can't rise up behind you. If you're going to burn him,…

— Philip K. Dick