To Maxim Gorky, February 15, 1900:
I am very sorry that apparently you have given up the idea of coming to Yalta. The Art Theatre from Moscow will be here in May. It will give five performances and then remain for rehearsals. So you come, study the stage at the rehearsals, and then in five to eight days write a play, which I should welcome joyfully with my whole heart.
To Maxim Gorky, September 8, 1900:
I have just been reading in the papers that you are writing a play. Write, write, write! It is necessary. Even should the play fail, don't let that discourage you. A failure will be soon forgotten, but a success, however slight, may be of vast service to the theatre.
To Maxim Gorky, September 24, 1900:
By all means, golubchik, finish the play. You feel that it is not turning out as you should like, but don't trust your feeling, as it may deceive you. One usually dislikes a play while writing it, but afterward it grows on one. Let others judge and make decisions.
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