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“It is literature,â€� said Kafka smiling. ‘Flight from reality.â€�
‘So poetry is lies?�
‘No. Poetry is a condensate, an essence. Literature, on the other hand, is a relaxation, a means of pleasure which alleviates the unconscious life, a narcotic.�
‘And poetry?�
‘Poetry is exactly the opposite. Poetry is an awakening.�
‘So poetry tends towards religion.�
'I would not say that. But certainly to prayer.”
― Gustav Janouch, Conversations with Kafka

“Tired but happy. There is nothing more beautiful than some straightforward, concrete, generally useful trade...Intellectual labor tears a man out of human society. A craft, on the other hand, leads him towards men. What a pity I can no longer work in the workshop or in the garden.”
― Gustav Janouch, Conversations with Kafka