22 Quotes by Franz Kafka about Writing

  • Author Franz Kafka
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    Writing sustains me. But wouldn’t it be better to say it sustains this kind of life? Which doesn't mean life is any better when I don’t write. On the contrary, it is far worse, wholly unbearable, and inevitably ends in madness. This is, of course, only on the assumption that I am a writer even when I don’t write - which is indeed the case; and a non-writing writer is, in fact, a monster courting insanity.

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  • Author Franz Kafka
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    Hold fast to the diary from today on! Write regularly! Don't surrender! Even if no salvation should come, I want to be worthy of it every moment.

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    I am away from home and must always write home, even if any home of mine has long since floated away into eternity.

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