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I love playing Chekhov. That's the hardest; that's why I love it most.

One of my favorite writers is Chekhov. I love his attitude toward the world. Just accept things for what they are. Don't judge. Be moral as you tell your story, but have no moral at the end. Just look at it.

My favorite author is Anton Chekhov, not so much for the plays but for his short stories, and I think he was really my tutor.

I like Chekov a lot.

Chekhov directors and Chekhov actors love working on his plays because there seems to be no end to what you can find out about the micro-narrative when you're investigating a text.

I am trying to concentrate on books. You know, I love Dostoevsky; he's my favourite writer.

I think probably I've been influenced by Chekhov and Walt Disney, if you see what I mean.

Chekhov is this poet of melancholy and isolation and of wishing you were somewhere else than where you are.

I'm the biggest Chekov fan - there's something that he does that not many other writers do.