There is beauty everywhere on earth, but there is greater beauty in those places where one feels that sense of ease which comes from no longer having to put off one’s dreams until some improbable future – a future inexorably… — Josef Skvorecky Copy Share Image
Artists hold out the mirror to the bruises on the face of the world. — Josef Skvorecky Copy Share Image
Arnošt Lustig is one of the leading contemporary Czech fiction writers, and certainly the most important Jewish writer of Bohemia to have survived the… — Josef Skvorecky Copy Share Image
We may think we live for wisdom, but in fact we're living for the the pleasure wisdom brings us. — Josef Skvorecky Copy Share
There is something that falls short of perfection in every book, without exception, something influenced by the age, even something ridiculous; just like everyone,… — Josef Skvorecky Copy Share Image
“I knew damn well that nobody's ever really happy, or happy on time, since happiness belongs to the past.” — Josef Škvorecký Copy Share Image
When the Communist Party comes to power, it acts a lot like the mafia: If you are a loyal member in good standing, everything… — Josef Skvorecky Copy Share Image
There is beauty everywhere on earth, but there is greater beauty in those places where one feels that sense of ease which comes from… — Josef Skvorecky Copy Share Image
Lovers of literature will look for the remains of the golden treasure in that shipwreck on the bottom of the sea of criticism. — Josef Skvorecky Copy Share Image
“Because inside, people are dirty dogs. Everybody. The only difference is some people try to hide it and others don't bother.” — Josef Škvorecký Copy Share Image
“A person's got to be scared all the time - of God, if there is one, and of looking like a fool if there… — Josef Škvorecký Copy Share Image
