What unites these seemingly disparate creative personalities: Georgy Millyar, Leonid Filatov, Rina Zelenaya, Faina Ranevskaya, Yuri Nikulin, Inna Makarova, Ilya Ilf, and Yevgeny Petrov? Wit—that's perhaps their most important trait. Subtly observing the trends of the times, sensitively grasping the essence of humanity, accurately identifying social phenomena, and expressing their thoughts vividly, accurately, and succinctly—such qualities can only be possessed by the most talented people, true geniuses. So let's read the memoirs, works, quotes, and aphorisms collected in this book—and laugh. Even if there is laughter through tears.

Authors: Ilya Arnoldovich Ilf, Evgeniy Petrovich Petrov, Rina Vasilievna Zelenaya, Leonid Alekseevich Filatov, Inna Vladimirovna Makarova, Georgy Frantsevich Millyar