If you cry 'forward', you must without fail make plain in what direction to go.
More Quotes by Anton Chekhov
There is nothing new in art except talent.
A good upbringing means not that you won't spill sauce on the tablecloth, but that you won't notice it when someone else does.
Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out.
You must trust and believe in people or life becomes impossible.
Love, friendship and respect do not unite people as much as a common hatred for something.
Medicine is my lawful wife and literature my mistress; when I get tired of one, I spend the night with the other.