Daily Rituals: How Artists Work

von Mason Currey

[Franz Kafka](/authors/OL33146A), frustrated with his living quarters and day job, wrote in a letter to Felice Bauer in 1912 "time is short, my strength is limited, the office is a horror, the apartment is noisy, and if a pleasant, straightforward life is not possible then one must try to wriggle through by subtle maneuvers." Kafka is one of 161 inspired—and inspiring—minds, among them, novelis