Tatyana Tolstaya's Quotes
Born: 1951-05-03
Profession: Writer
Nation: Russian
Biography of Tatyana Tolstaya
I am interested in the subject which is Russia.
Tags: Interested, Russia, SubjectI don't think people are fools, and I think they deserve a good attitude and smart entertainment.
Tags: Attitude, Good, SmartPeople know that I am a very good author. But they would rather read what I have to say about the next election.
Tags: Good, Rather, ReadI 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.
Tags: Art, Big, DealIf 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.
Tags: Else, Society, YoungPolitics 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.
Tags: Human, Life, Politics