"To struggle against censorship, whatever its nature, and……" — Mikhail Bulgakov
"To struggle against censorship, whatever its nature, and whatever the power under which it exists, is my duty as a writer, as are calls for freedom of the press. I am a passionate supporter of that freedom, and I consider that if any writer were to imagine that he could prove he didn't need that freedom, then he would be like a fish affirming in public that it didn't need water."
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60 Quotes by Mikhail Bulgakov
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"We speak different languages, as usual," responded Woland, "but this does not change the things we speak about. Well?..."
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Well, as everyone knows, once witchcraft gets started, there's no stopping it.
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Literature has become my life.
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My writing is progressing slowly, but at least it's moving forward. I'm sure that's the case. The only problem is…
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Once in 1919, when I was traveling at night by train, I wrote a short story. In the town where…
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No one's fate is of any interest to you except your own.
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Who ever told you there is no such thing in the world as real, true, everlasting love? May the liar…
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In order to be in control, you have to have a definite plan for at least a reasonable period of…
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Remove the document—and you remove the man.
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Not causing trouble, not touching anything, fixing the primus.
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Everything will turn out right, the world is built on that.
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In the first few seconds an aching sadness wrenched his heart, but it soon gave way to a feeling of…
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Every thought you think and every word you speak is affirming something.
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The dissident does not operate in the realm of genuine power at all. He is not seeking power. He has…
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The most incredible beauty and the most satisfying way of life come from affirming your own uniqueness.
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Americans are a lot more open, of course. There's something more declamatory in the way you express emotions. It's a…
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I don't think that writing, real writing, has much to do with affirming belief--if anything it causes rifts and gaps…
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