“I know I am playing out some tragic Greek play and I´m horrified, but the show must go on.”
“At the end to death I must go,Finishing a real tragic and funny show.”
“I am going to seek a great perhaps; draw a curtain, the farce is played out.”
“I am going to pretend that all life is just a game which I must play as skilfully and fairly as I can. If I lose, I am going to shrug my shoulders and laugh—also if I win.”
“I am sick of playing games where you’re not allowed to show how you feel. I don’t have to play anymore. He just won.”
“I was not extremely patriotic about Mother Russia. I played their game, pretending. You have to deal with, you know, party people, KGB. Horrifying.”