"The chief personage in the house was my Mother. She settled everything. She interviewed Nikolái, the cook, and ordere…"

"Anna Karenina was the name of the novel on which my Father and Mother were both at work. My Mother's work seemed much…"

"The first member of the family who allied herself with my Father at that time was my sister Masha… In 1885 she was fi…"

"My Father hardly ever made us do anything; but it always somehow came about that of our own initiative we did exactly…"

"Although my Father had long since renounced the copyright in all his works written after 1883, and although, after ha…"

"Aye, think! Since time and life began, Your mind has only feared and slept; Of all the beasts they called you man Onl…"

"I can live as the boys live, and if God wishes the work to succeed, He will surely provide the means."

"In looking after the interests of the child it is necessary to cultivate the heart. You must eradicate the vices of y…"

"Yeah, that story’s not finished. We have more things written already and figured out for it to finish, but somebody’s…"

"The kids’ business of animation is pretty much gone at this point, but adult animation has been steadily rising for t…"