I think Joyce and Kafka have said the last word on each of the two forms they developed. There's no one to follow them. They're like cats which have licked the plate clean. You've got to dream up another dish if you're to be a writer.

On the writing style o James Joyce and Franz Kafka

The Paris Review, Issue 19, Summer 1958, The Art of Fiction No. 22


I think Joyce and Kafka have said the last word on each of the two forms they developed. There's no one to follow them. They're like cats which have...

I think Joyce and Kafka have said the last word on each of the two forms they developed. There's no one to follow them. They're like cats which have...

I think Joyce and Kafka have said the last word on each of the two forms they developed. There's no one to follow them. They're like cats which have...

I think Joyce and Kafka have said the last word on each of the two forms they developed. There's no one to follow them. They're like cats which have...