I had an uncle who was a postal official at the Polish post office in Gdansk. He was one of the defenders of the Polish postal service and, after it capitulated, was shot by the Germans under the provisions of martial law. Suddenly he was no longer a member of the family, and we were no longer allowed to play with his children.

Art is accusation, expression, passion. Art is black charcoal crushing white paper.

In general, I agree with Jacob Grimm and feel that we ought to permit changes and uncontrolled growth in language. Even though that also allows potentially threatening new words to develop, language needs the chance to constantly renew itself.

When the young woman leans over the sky, about to water the flowers as well as the weeds, her white front splits open until her milk runs.

I have often supported Israel, I have often visited the country and want the country to exist and at last find peace with its neighbours.

I had an uncle who was a postal official at the Polish post office in Gdansk. He was one of the defenders of the Polish postal service and, after it capitulated, was shot by the Germans under the provisions of martial law. Suddenly he was no longer a member of the family, and we were no longer allowed to play with his children.

I belonged to the generation that grew up under National Socialism, and was blinded and led astray - and allowed itself to be led astray.