• Narrative prose is a legal wife, while drama is a posturing, boisterous, cheeky and wearisome mistress.

    Anton Chekhov: Narrative prose is a legal wife, while drama is a posturing, boisterous, cheeky and wearisome mistress.
    "Memories of Chekhov: Accounts of the Writer from His Family, Friends and Contemporaries". Book by Peter Sekirin, September 30, 2011.