Maxim Gorky quotes - page 2

Many contemporary authors drink more than they write. (Maxim Gorky)
There's a little book I'm thinking of writing - "Swan Song" is what I shall call it. The song of the dying. And my book will be incense burnt at the deathbed of this society, damned with the damnation of its own impotence. View quote
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The good qualities in our soul are most successfully and forcefully awakened by the power of art. Just as science is the intellect of the world, art is its soul. View quote
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Keep reading books, but remember that a book's only a book, and you should learn to think for yourself. View quote
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When the life is monotonous, even grief is a welcome event. View quote
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Writers build castles in the air, the reader lives inside, and the publisher inns the rent. View quote
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You will not drown the truth in seas of blood. View quote
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You must write for children the same way you write for adults, only better. View quote
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