Quote of the Day
Authors Categories Blog Quote Maker Videos
 

Franz Kafka Quotes: I need solitude for my writing; not 'like a hermit' - that wouldn't be enough - but like a dead man.
         

I need solitude for my writing; not 'like a hermit' - that wouldn't be enough - but like a dead man.


Franz Kafka
Check all other quotes by Franz Kafka

Want to display this quote image on your website or blog? Simply copy and paste the below code on your website/blog.

Embed:

Format of this image is jpg. The width and height of image are 1200 and 630, repectively. This image is available for free to download.





Citation

Use the citation below to add this quote to your bibliography:


Styles:

×

MLA Style Citation


"Franz Kafka Quotes." Quoteslyfe.com, 2024. Sun. 28 Apr. 2024. <https://www.quoteslyfe.com/quote/I-need-solitude-for-my-writing-not-584984>.





Check out


Other quotes of Franz Kafka


Don't bend; don't water it down; don't try to make it logical; don't edit your own soul according to the fashion. Rather, follow your most intense obsessions mercilessly.

Don't bend; don't water it down; don't try to make it logical; don't edit your own soul according to the fashion. Rather, follow your most intense obsessions mercilessly.



Start with what is right rather than what is acceptable.

Start with what is right rather than what is acceptable.



Just because your doctor has a name for your condition, doesn't mean he knows what it is.

Just because your doctor has a name for your condition, doesn't mean he knows what it is.



Every thing that you love, you will eventually lose, but in the end, love will return in a different form.

Every thing that you love, you will eventually lose, but in the end, love will return in a different form.



I write differently from what I speak, I speak differently from what I think, I think differently from the way I ought to think, and so it all proceeds into deepest darkness.

I write differently from what I speak, I speak differently from what I think, I think differently from the way I ought to think, and so it all proceeds into deepest darkness.



It's only because of their stupidity that they're able to be so sure of themselves.

It's only because of their stupidity that they're able to be so sure of themselves.



I’m tired, can’t think of anything and want only to lay my face in your lap, feel your hand on my head and remain like that through all eternity.

I’m tired, can’t think of anything and want only to lay my face in your lap, feel your hand on my head and remain like that through all eternity.



I am free and that is why I am lost.

I am free and that is why I am lost.



I am a cage, in search of a bird.

I am a cage, in search of a bird.



People label themselves with all sorts of adjectives. I can only pronounce myself as 'nauseatingly miserable beyond repair'.

People label themselves with all sorts of adjectives. I can only pronounce myself as 'nauseatingly miserable beyond repair'.





Other quotes you may like


Use high-quality carnival food machines or Equipment to make delicious food for your event or party, We offer you fairy floss, popcorn and chocolate machines for hire in your budget.

Use high-quality carnival food machines or Equipment to make delicious food for your event or party, We offer you fairy floss, popcorn and chocolate machines for hire in your budget.



God loves each of us as if there were only one of us.

God loves each of us as if there were only one of us.



Giving up is not an option if we want to prevent irreparable harm to our planet.

Giving up is not an option if we want to prevent irreparable harm to our planet.



Fame makes you feel permanently like a girl walking past construction workers.

Fame makes you feel permanently like a girl walking past construction workers.



My advice to you is please don't ever sit in your room and lock yourself away because you don't think you're good enough.

My advice to you is please don't ever sit in your room and lock yourself away because you don't think you're good enough.



Either fraternity is spontaneous, or it does not exist. To decree it is to annihilate it. The law can indeed force men to remain just; in vain would it try to force them to be self-sacrificing.

Either fraternity is spontaneous, or it does not exist. To decree it is to annihilate it. The law can indeed force men to remain just; in vain would it try to force them to be self-sacrificing.



When I moved to New York, I felt very strong emotionally and mentally. Aside from touring, I'd spent a couple of years alone and because of that, I was able to go out in the world again.

When I moved to New York, I felt very strong emotionally and mentally. Aside from touring, I'd spent a couple of years alone and because of that, I was able to go out in the world again.



The sentences in the book of providence are sometimes long, and you must read a great way before you understand their meaning.

The sentences in the book of providence are sometimes long, and you must read a great way before you understand their meaning.



I also made a lot of really great friends on that show [the Voice], so that's one of the most important things that I've taken out of that experience.

I also made a lot of really great friends on that show [the Voice], so that's one of the most important things that I've taken out of that experience.



Be a military flier or be in a band; those were the two hippest things I could imagine.

Be a military flier or be in a band; those were the two hippest things I could imagine.




Quote Description


This page presents the quote "I need solitude for my writing; not 'like a hermit' - that wouldn't be enough - but like a dead man.". Author of this quote is Franz Kafka. This quote is about writing, men, enough, dead man, solitude,.