Between the approximation of the idea and the precision of reality there was a small gap of the unimaginable, and it was this hiatus that gave him no rest.

What I need most of all is certainty.

Chance and chance alone has a message for us. Everything that occurs out of necessity, everything expected, repeated day in and day out, is mute. Only chance can speak to us.

The novel is not the author's confession; it is an investigation of human life in the trap the world has become

The stupidity of people comes from having an answer for everything. The wisdom of the novel comes from having a question for everything. The novelist teaches the reader to comprehend the world as a question. There is wisdom and tolerance in that attitude. In a world built on sacrosanct certainties the novel is dead.

The moment Kafka attracts more attenetion than Joseph K., Kafka's posthumous death begins.

Great novels are always a little more intelligent than their authors.