Literature transmits incontrovertible condensed experience… from generation to generation. In this way literature becomes the living memory of a nation. – Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
The sole substitute for an experience which we have not ourselves lived through is art and literature. – Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
I can say without affectation that I belong to the Russian convict world no less than I do to Russian literature. I got my education there, and it will last forever. – Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
The battleline between good and evil runs through the heart of every man. – Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
Ive had nine of my books adapted to film, and almost all were enjoyable. Ive been very lucky with Hollywood, and look forward to more movies being adapted. But I dont get involved in that process. I know nothing about making movies and I stay away from it and hope for the best. – John Grisham