Anatoly Rybakov Professions : Writer Browse All Authors Top 6 quotes by Anatoly Rybakov For a professional writer in the Soviet Union, it works this way. First, you have to have something to say - that's the main thing. Second, it's a matter of who publishes you. If your book has real stuff in it, readers will ferret it out, even in a Siberian journal. Anatoly Rybakov you matter book way Death solves all problems - no man, no problem. Anatoly Rybakov problems man problem death All my books are adventures, but they also have a social viewpoint. Anatoly Rybakov viewpoint also books social I considered that I had to write stories about the people I had met, with whom I'd worked, the history of my books - just in case I up and die. Anatoly Rybakov die just history people A writer's main tool is his memory - his own memory, the collective memory of his people. And the strongest memory is the one that is created by a wound to the heart. Anatoly Rybakov own memory heart people The comforts come from my movie and television writing. It is unusual to live this well simply from books. Anatoly Rybakov well live writing television Similar Authors Ihab Hassan writer Ingmar Bergman writer Isabella Bird writer Ivan E. Coyote writer Al Feldstein writer Bert Sugar writer All Authors