Borís Pasternak (1890–1960) Russian writer
Interview in Writers at Work, Second Series (1963) edited by George Plimpton.
“Many people become bankrupt through having invested too heavily in the prose of life. To have ruined one's self over poetry is an honor.”
Source: The Picture of Dorian Gray
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