"It's my own personal unconscious that ultimately creates the novel's aesthetic facade."

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"It's my own personal unconscious that ultimately creates the novel's aesthetic facade."

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"I'm not a best-seller, but through translations, I've accumulated some money."

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"I like the beauty of Faulkner's poetry. But I don't like his themes, not at all."

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"I don't have traceable literary models because I haven't had great literary influences in my life."

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"Kafka truly illustrates the way the environment oppresses the individual. He shows how the unconscious controls our lives."

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"I am only interested in bad taste if I can enjoy a gruesome tango or watch a movie that makes me cry."

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"I didn't choose literature. Literature chose me. There was no decision on my side."

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