俄罗斯法律的严厉性因缺乏强制执行的义务而得到缓和。
The severity of Russian laws is tempered by the lack of obligation to enforce them.
Innovation requires breaking conventional thinking.
I don't keep a journal. I keep a life.
It is far more difficult to murder a phantom than a reality.
I like to think of my work as a kind of translation between different systems and contexts.