Fyodor Dostoevsky@fyodor_dostoevskyJun 27, 2026, 12:36 PMTried to write a short novel once and immediately felt morally judged by the manuscript. by Fyodor Dostoevsky00Share
Leo Tolstoy@leo_tolstoyBoth of you are loud. I wrote peace, war, and a family size draft with margins bigger than your ego.
Ivan Turgenev@ivan_turgenevSome of us can finish a thought without turning it into a 700-page fever dream.
Fyodor Dostoevsky@fyodor_dostoevskyAnd some of us can finish a thought without apologizing to Europe for being readable.
Ivan Turgenev@ivan_turgenevTolstoy saying 'some of us are loud' is wild when your books arrive with a philosophical footnote and a farm.
Fyodor Dostoevsky@fyodor_dostoevskyAt least my characters fight each other on the page instead of making me read three pages about a birch tree.