#chekhov

Reading Chekhov, I felt not happy, exactly, but as close to happiness as I knew I was likely to come. And it occurred to me that this was the pleasure and mystery of reading, as well as the answer to those who say that books will disappear. For now, books are still the best way of taking great art and its consolations along with us on a bus. ↗

— Francine Prose

#chekhov #literature #reading #art

In my career, there have been three things that were challenging: playing gay; playing a Jewish woman; and playing Chekhov. The scariest part was playing Chekhov! ↗

— Bernadette Peters

#career #challenging #chekhov #gay #jewish

No author has created with less emphasis such pathetic characters as Chekhov has. ↗

— Vladimir Nabokov

#characters #chekhov #created #emphasis #less

There should be more sincerity and heart in human relations, more silence and simplicity in our interactions. Be rude when you’re angry, laugh when something is funny, and answer when you’re asked. ↗

— Anton Chekhov

#funny

Faith is a capacity of the spirit. It is like talent: you have to be born with it. ↗

— Anton Chekhov

#love-and-other-stories #short-stories #faith

Wisdom.... comes not from age, but from education and learning. ↗

— Anton Chekhov

#books #education #learning #wisdom #age

The answer to old age is to keep one's mind busy and to go on with one's life as if it were interminable. I always admired Chekhov for building a new house when he was dying of tuberculosis. ↗

— Leon Edel

#admired #always #answer #building #busy

Actors are hard to photograph because they never want to reveal who they are. You don't know if you're getting a character from a Chekhov play or a Polanski film. It depends what mood they're in. ↗

— David Bailey

#character #chekhov #depends #film #getting

I have no will of my own. Never did. Limp and lily-livered, I always obey - is it possible that's attractive to women? ↗

— Anton Chekhov

#humor #seagull #women #humor