More quotes by Franz Kafka

"Writing is utter solitude, the descent into the cold abyss of oneself."
"Every word first looks around in every direction before letting itself be written down by me."
"He is terribly afraid of dying because he hasn’t yet lived."
"He is terribly afraid of dying because he hasn’t yet lived."
"I need solitude for my writing; not 'like a hermit' - that wouldn't be enough - but like a dead man."