This is the generation whose first cry of life was the Hungarian uprising.

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I do not believe in political movements. I believe in personal movement, that movement of...

I do not believe in political movements. I believe in personal movement, that movement of...

For a writer only one form of patriotism exists: his attitude toward language.

For a writer only one form of patriotism exists: his attitude toward language.

It would be enough for me to have the system of a jury of twelve...

It would be enough for me to have the system of a jury of twelve...

Poetry is rather an approach to things, to life, than it is typographical production.

Poetry is rather an approach to things, to life, than it is typographical production.

Life is a game with many rules but no referee. One learns how to play...

Life is a game with many rules but no referee. One learns how to play...

Man is what he reads.

Man is what he reads.

Twentieth-century Russian literature has produced nothing special except perhaps one novel and two stories by...

Twentieth-century Russian literature has produced nothing special except perhaps one novel and two stories by...

Bad literature is a form of treason.

Bad literature is a form of treason.

Cherish your human connections: your relationships with friends and family.

Cherish your human connections: your relationships with friends and family.

Who included me among the ranks of the human race?

Who included me among the ranks of the human race?

What I like about cities is that everything is king size, the beauty and the...

What I like about cities is that everything is king size, the beauty and the...

Life - the way it really is - is a battle not between Bad and...

Life - the way it really is - is a battle not between Bad and...

How delightful to find a friend in everyone.

How delightful to find a friend in everyone.

For the poet the credo or doctrine is not the point of arrival but is,...

For the poet the credo or doctrine is not the point of arrival but is,...

A language is a more ancient and inevitable thing than any state.

A language is a more ancient and inevitable thing than any state.

Snobbery? But it's only a form of despair.

Snobbery? But it's only a form of despair.

For a writer only one form of patriotism exists: his attitude toward language.

For a writer only one form of patriotism exists: his attitude toward language.

Science fiction writers, I am sorry to say, really do not know anything. We can't...

Science fiction writers, I am sorry to say, really do not know anything. We can't...

The profession of book-writing makes horse racing seem like a solid, stable business.

The profession of book-writing makes horse racing seem like a solid, stable business.

You cannot be a good writer of serious fiction if you are not depressed

You cannot be a good writer of serious fiction if you are not depressed