We all come out
We all come out from Gogol’s ‘Overcoat’. Fyodor Dostoevsky
Russian Literature
That is almost the
That is almost the whole of Russian literature: the phenomenal coruscations of the souls of quite commonplace people. D. H. Lawrence
The Winter Woman is
The Winter Woman is as wild as a blizzard, as fresh as new snow. While some see her as cold, she has a fiery heart under that ice-queen exterior. She likes the stark simplicity of Japanese art and the daring complexity of Russian literature. She prefers sharp to flowing lines, brooding to pouting, and rock … Read more
Russia is a place
Russia is a place of great culture. If you’ve read Tolstoy’s War and Peace, Dostoyevsky, Pushkin, Chekhov…the culture of the great Russian literature is amazing. The human narrative you get out of War and Peace is universal. Andre Leon Talley
I can say without
I can say without affectation that I belong to the Russian convict world no less than I do to Russian literature. I got my education there, and it will last forever. Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
Of all my films,
Of all my films, people wrote to me most about this one… …I had wanted to make The Idiot long before Rashomon. Since I was little I’ve liked Russian literature, but I find that I like Dostoevsky the best and had long thought that this book would make a wonderful film. He is still my … Read more