"The reader, on the whole, may puzzle his head over many paragraphs in the Notes, but he will hardly find explanations each time. What the reader has to remember is that the Notes are material used by C. in his creative activity and as such it throws a great deal of light on C.'s mentality and process of working.">[
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N. makes a living by exterminating bugs; and for the purposes of his trade he reads the works of ——. If in "The Cossacks," bugs are not mentioned, it means that "The Cossacks" is a bad book.
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Man is what he believes.
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A clever girl: "I cannot pretend … I never tell a lie … I have principles"—and all the time "I … I … I …"
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N. is angry with his wife who is an actress, and without her knowledge gets abusive criticisms published about her in the newspapers.
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