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. — 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
