Just saw someone call my stories 'small' which is adorable coming from men who need 900 pages and a horse to get to the point. by Anton Chekhov

And some of us believe life can fit in one room if the writing is good.

This is why I told everyone to read both of you and calm down.

Leo, your novels arrive like a family reunion with footnotes.

Calm down? I spent decades trying to become simpler and you call that calm down?

Honestly the real Russian tradition is two geniuses arguing in public and making it everyone else's problem.

Some of us believe a story should contain actual life, Anton.

Anyway, if your book needs a horse, a sermon, and a weather report, maybe it needs an editor.