Anton Chekhov

Any idiot can face a crisis; it is this day-to-day living that wears you out.

 Anton Chekhov, in  Life and Death

If there is a gun hanging on the wall in the first act, it must fire in the last.

 Anton Chekhov, (advice to a novice playwright), in  Art and Literature

If you are afraid of loneliness, don't marry.

 Anton Chekhov, in  Love and Hate