“Ever since studying in Russia as a college student, I had been in a lo...” — Anthony Marra Quote

“Ever since studying in Russia as a college student, I had been in a long-distance, one-sided love affair with Chechnya's remarkable history, culture and rugged natural beauty.”

“Bill Watterson argued with his medium even as he eclipsed it. He was all too aware that no artistic expression better exemplifies our disposable consumer culture than the daily newspaper comic strip: today's masterpiece is tomorrow's birdcage lining.”

“Research is not an obstacle, something to be frightened of. It can be one of the real joys of writing.”

“There is in true beauty, as in courage, something which narrow souls cannot dare to admire.”

“'Beauty is truth, truth beauty,' - that is all ye know on earth, and all ye need to know.”

“The truth, the absolute truth, is that the chief beauty for the theatre consists in fine bodily proportions.”