Tatyana Tolstaya Quotes

I have enough energy to insist on saying what I think.
Tatyana Tolstaya

Saying, Enough, Energy

The best time is always yesterday.
Tatyana Tolstaya

Time, Best, Yesterday

Art has nothing to do with politics. It is the freest thing in the world.
Tatyana Tolstaya

Politics, Art, Nothing

I am interested in the subject which is Russia.
Tatyana Tolstaya

Interested, Subject, Russia

I don't think people are fools, and I think they deserve a good attitude and smart entertainment.
Tatyana Tolstaya

Good, Attitude, Smart

I don't want to deal with big, grand themes in my stories; art has nothing to do with themes. When you deal with themes, you are not creating; you are lecturing.
Tatyana Tolstaya

Art, Nothing, Big

If there is a pattern, it will come back - maybe in Russia more than anywhere else, because it has collapsed so many times. Maybe less so here in the States, because here the society is so young.
Tatyana Tolstaya

Society, Young, Else

People know that I am a very good author. But they would rather read what I have to say about the next election.
Tatyana Tolstaya

Good, Rather, Read

Politics disappears; it vanishes. What remains constant is human life. So I try to develop a perspective in my writing where politics is just one of the pieces of furniture in this furnished world. It is not the purpose. It is not the goal.
Tatyana Tolstaya

Life, Politics, Human

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Biography

Nationality: Russian

Type: Writer

Born: May 3, 1951

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