Ocupation: Writer
Life: July 3, 1883 - June 3, 1924
Birthday: July 3
Death: June 3
Each of us has his own way of emerging from the underworld, mine is by writing. That's why the only way I can keep going, if at all, is by writing, not through rest and sleep. I am far more likely to achieve peace of mind through writing than the capacity to write through peace.
source: Franz Kafka (2013). “Letters to Felice”, p.593, Schocken
topic: Writing, Sleep, Mind, Underworld, Rest And Sleep