The stupidity of people comes from having an answer for everything. The wisdom of the novel comes from having a question for everything. When Don Qui… - Milan Kundera

When Don Quixote went out into the world, that world turned into a mystery before his eyes. That is the legacy of the first European novel to the entire subsequent history of the novel. The novel teaches us to comprehend the world as a question. There is wisdom and tolerance in that attitude.

I invent stories, confront one with another, and by this means I ask questions. The stupidity of people comes from having an answer to everything. The wisdom of the novel comes from having a question for everything.

A novel does not assert anything, a novel poses questions... The stupidity of people comes from having an answer for everything. When Don Quixote went out into the world, that world turned into a mystery before his eyes. That is the legacy of the first European novel to the entire subsequent history of the novel. The novelist teaches the reader to comprehend the world as a question. There is wisdom and tolerance in that attitude.

The stupidity of people comes from having an answer for everything. The wisdom of the novel comes from having a question for everything.

People are going deaf because music is played louder and louder, but because they're going deaf, it has to be played louder still.

But the longer a man grows in his own darkness, the more his outer form diminishes

Yes, it's crazy. Love is either crazy or it's nothing at all.