“In one of my essays I wrote that Christ was famous primarily because he was killed. Each religion has its own Jesus, whom they kill. All this is due to the fact that people need to believe in something, because they do not believe in themselves. “- Marilyn Manson American rock singer, songwriter, artist and former music journalist 1969

“The Foundations of Ecumenism; report based on an essay, 1938. “- Sergey Nikolaevich Bulgakov Russian philosopher, theologian, Orthodox priest 1871 – 1944

“ A few words about “Philosophical writing” – essay, letter, 1836. “- Alexei Stepanovich Khomyakov Russian poet, artist , publicist, theologian, philosopher 1804 – 1860

“Composing bad poems makes a person much happier than reading the most beautiful poems.” – German Hesse Swiss writer and artist 1877 – 1962

“On Poems” On reading 0 „One Church – Prince ha-essay, 1838. “- Alexei Stepanovich Khomyakov Russian poet, artist, publicist, theologian, philosopher 1804 – 1860

Essays ”- Shalamov, Varlam Tikhonovich 1907 – 1982 Articles about certain aspects of life and work 0“ I don’t really like writing essays <…>: most of my non-fiction is written when I am relaxing while waiting for a story or a poem. They really bring some satisfaction, but never – a real pleasure that I immediately get from stories or poems. “- Ursula Kroeber Le Guin American science fiction writer and literary critic 1929 About myself About pleasure, About expectation 0“

“All my life I tried to avoid melodramas, he emphasized in a 1991 interview. “I have been in prison three times and in a psychiatric hospital twice, but this has not affected the way I write … This is part of my biography, but the biography has nothing to do with literature, or very little.” In conversations with me, he expressed himself even more aphoristically: “You can not become a hostage to your own biography,” or: “You can not continue the evil reality in your own words.” And in an essay about Auden, he claims that “for a writer to mention his prison experience – as, however, difficulties of any kind – is like for ordinary people to brag about important acquaintances.” “- Joseph A. Brodsky, Russian and American poet, Nobel laureate in literature 1940 – 1996 About people, About literature 0 „

“ All my life I tried to avoid melodrama, ”he emphasized in a 1991 interview. “I have been in prison three times and in a psychiatric hospital twice, but this has not affected the way I write … This is part of my biography, but the biography has nothing to do with literature, or very little.” In conversations with me, he expressed himself even more aphoristically: “You can not become a hostage to your own biography,” or: “You can not continue the evil reality in your own words.” And in an essay about Auden, he claims that “for a writer to mention his prison experience – as, however, difficulties of any kind – is like for ordinary people to brag about important acquaintances.” “- Yangfeldt Bengt 1948 About people, About literature