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

We may think we live for wisdom, but in fact we're living for the the pleasure wisdom brings us.

- Josef Skvorecky

Arnošt Lustig is one of the leading contemporary Czech fiction writers, and certainly the most important Jewish writer of Bohemia to have survived th…

- Josef Skvorecky

Artists hold out the mirror to the bruises on the face of the world.

- Josef Skvorecky

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…

- Josef Skvorecky

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 protec…

- Josef Skvorecky

There is something that falls short of perfection in every book, without exception, something influenced by the age, even something ridiculous; just …

- Josef Skvorecky