Reminiscences of Tolstoy, Chekhov and Andreev Quotes

“In my soul there was joy and fear and then everything blended in one happy thought: I am not an orphan on this earth, so long as this man lives on it.”
― Maxim Gorky, Reminiscences (of Leo Tolstoy; Anton Chekhov; Leonid Andreyev; Alexander Blok; & Letter to Constantin Stanislavsky)

“-men Gorkij leser for meget; heller ikke det er bra - det kommer av manglende selvtillit.”
― Maxim Gorky, Reminiscences of Tolstoy, Chekhov and Andreev

“-Det er ikke sant, slikt skriver man bare i kloke bøker.”
― Maxim Gorky, Reminiscences (of Leo Tolstoy; Anton Chekhov; Leonid Andreyev; Alexander Blok; & Letter to Constantin Stanislavsky)

“Jeg hadde aldri et inntrykk av - og jg tror at jeg ikke tar feil - at Lev Nikolaevitsj ikke var særlig glad i å tale om litteratur; men han var alltid levende interessert i forfatterens person.”
― Maxim Gorky, Reminiscences (of Leo Tolstoy; Anton Chekhov; Leonid Andreyev; Alexander Blok; & Letter to Constantin Stanislavsky)