The moment that you place blame somewhere, you undermine your resolve to change anything. — Joseph Brodsky
Twentieth-century Russian literature has produced nothing special except perhaps one novel and — Joseph Brodsky
Out of Dostoevsky: Kafka. Out of Tolstoy: Margaret Mitchell. (in conversation, explaining — Joseph Brodsky
I’m 100 percent Jewish by blood, but by education I’m nothing. By affiliation I’m nothing. — Joseph Brodsky