A writer should not be a judge of his characters or of what ... - Anton Chekhov

This quote is attributed to Anton Chekhov.

"A writer should not be a judge of his characters or of what they say, but merely a dispassionate observer."

Anton Chekhov Literature

Playwright Novelist Russian 1860–1904

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