The Difference Between Western And Eastern Intellectuals

A Universal Style Is One That Knows How To Embrace Lovingly Those Not Quite Developed.

There Were Three Of Us; Witkiewicz, Bruno Schulz, And Myself--the Three Muskateers Of The Polish Avant-garde Between The Wars. Only Witkiewicz Remains To Be Discovered.

Serious Literature Does Not Exist To Make Life Easy But To Complicate It.

The Difference Between Western And Eastern Intellectuals Is That The Former Have Not Been Kicked In The Ass Enough.

I Could Have Protested Of Course, Who Says I Couldn't--i Could Have Risen To My Feet At Any Moment, Walked Up To Them, And--no Matter How Difficult It Would Have Been--made It Abundantly Clear That I Was Not Seventeen But Thirty. I Could Have--yet I Couldn't Because I Didn't Want To, The Only Thing I Wanted Was To Prove That I Was Not An Old-fashioned Boy!