Josef Skvorecky Quotes

Lovers of literature will look for the remains of the golden treasure in that shipwreck on the bottom of the sea of criticism.

ArnoЕЎt Lustig is one of the leading contemporary Czech fiction writers, and certainly the most important Jewish writer of Bohemia to have survived the Holocaust.

When the Communist Party comes to power, it acts a lot like the mafia: If you are a loyal member in good standing, everything is yours. You’re protected, even if you commit a crime.

We may think we live for wisdom, but in fact we’re living for the the pleasure wisdom brings us.

Artists hold out the mirror to the bruises on the face of the world.