"I am a materialist. I believe in ghosts."

"The only way to be truly revolutionary is to be truly pragmatic."

"Everything is wonderful here: stores are full, food is abundant, apartments are large and properly heated, movie theaters show films from the West, there are many beautiful girls ready for an affair—t…"

"I am a Hegelian. I believe that everything is already contained in the beginning."

"My relationship towards tulips is inherently Lynchian: I think they are disgusting. Just imagine, aren't these some kind of--how do you call it? I think that- that flowers are something inherently dis…"