Can not Quote by Vladimir Sorokin

I am neither an Occidental writer nor a Russian writer. I am an accidental writer.

— Joseph Brodsky

I love Mikhail Bulgakov. He is very original and takes the story to unexpected places. I didn't realise political writing could be so funny.

— Denise Mina

For a professional writer in the Soviet Union, it works this way. First, you have to have something to say - that's the main…

— Anatoly Rybakov

Pavel Palazchenko has given us a well-written, inside account of Gorbachev's and Shevardnadze's diplomacy. Remarkably objective, it is full of insights, makes fascinating reading,…

— Jack F. Matlock, Jr

How are we to write The Russian novel in America As long as life goes so unterribly?

— Robert Frost

I jabbered too much in class about all the Russian writers whom I admired for being, among other things, uncouth and somewhat humorously melodramatic,…

— Richard Elman

“If circumstances should make it impossible (temporarily, I hope) for me to be a Russian writer, perhaps I shall be able, like the Pole…

— Yevgeny Zamyatin

I was always so relieved that anyone wants to publish anything I've written.

— Neil Gaiman

Russian writers enjoy almost sacred status.

— Simon Sebag Montefiore

I'm most impressed by the Russian writers, so I love reading the works of Tolstoy and Dostoyevsky. Another author who has informed the way…

— Andrea Bocelli

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

I see this quality [real interest and joy] in the work of [Pavel] Chekhov, of course, and [Alexei] Tolstoy and really just about any…

— George Saunders