Kafka truly illustrates the way the environment oppresses the individual. He shows how the unconscious controls our lives.

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It's essential not to have an ideology, not to be a member of a political...

It's essential not to have an ideology, not to be a member of a political...

I only understand realism.

I only understand realism.

I don't want to name names, but the least I can say about rock and...

I don't want to name names, but the least I can say about rock and...

My pleasure was to copy, not to create.

My pleasure was to copy, not to create.

Book reviews have never helped me. Most of them erred in their interpretations and their...

Book reviews have never helped me. Most of them erred in their interpretations and their...

My stories are very somber, so I think I need the comic ingredient. Besides, life...

My stories are very somber, so I think I need the comic ingredient. Besides, life...

I didn't choose literature. Literature chose me. There was no decision on my side.

I didn't choose literature. Literature chose me. There was no decision on my side.

I write for somebody who has my own limitations. My reader has a certain difficulty...

I write for somebody who has my own limitations. My reader has a certain difficulty...

I've always wondered why there isn't a great French novel about the German occupation. The...

I've always wondered why there isn't a great French novel about the German occupation. The...

I would very much like to become a best-selling author.

I would very much like to become a best-selling author.

Modern American cinema seems to me superficial. The intention is to understand a certain reality,...

Modern American cinema seems to me superficial. The intention is to understand a certain reality,...

I don't think humor is forced upon my universe; it's a part of it.

I don't think humor is forced upon my universe; it's a part of it.

I write novels because there is something I don't understand in reality.

I write novels because there is something I don't understand in reality.

I think cinema is closer to allegories than to reality. It's closer to our dreams.

I think cinema is closer to allegories than to reality. It's closer to our dreams.

In a country like France, so ancient, their history is full of outstanding people, so...

In a country like France, so ancient, their history is full of outstanding people, so...

I don't have traceable literary models because I haven't had great literary influences in my...

I don't have traceable literary models because I haven't had great literary influences in my...

As a rule, one should never place form over content.

As a rule, one should never place form over content.

I figure if I have my health, can pay the rent and I have my...

I figure if I have my health, can pay the rent and I have my...

Be content to be what you are, and prefer nothing to it, and do not...

Be content to be what you are, and prefer nothing to it, and do not...

Who is wise? He that learns from everyone. Who is powerful? He that governs his...

Who is wise? He that learns from everyone. Who is powerful? He that governs his...