In view of the fact that I surround myself with numbskulls now, I shall die among numbskulls, and on my deathbed shall be surrounded by numbskulls who will not understand what I am saying ... Whom am I sleeping with these days ? Franz Kafka.

One situation – maybe one alone – could drive me to murder: family life, togetherness.

I was in New York. Hitchcock was in California. He rang me to make a report on his progress and said, I'm having trouble. I've just sacked my second screenwriter

I find the public passion for justice quite boring and artificial.

one blow in anger [would] kill, probably, a child from aged two to eight. Those over eight would take two blows to kill.

The conversation seemed just as boring and forgettable as details of American history around 1805, for example.

In view of the fact that I surround myself with numbskulls now, I shall die among numbskulls, and on my deathbed shall be surrounded by numbskulls who will not understand what I am saying ... Whom am I sleeping with these days ? Franz Kafka.