...I remain restless and dissatisfied; what I knot with my right hand, I undo with my left, what my left hand creates, my right fist shatters

Students who don't want to get anywhere are sure to get somewhere.

What makes books - and with them writers - so dangerous that church and state, politburos and the mass media feel the need to oppose them?

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

It's dangerous to watch staggering butterflies. They have a plan but it has no meaning.

...I remain restless and dissatisfied; what I knot with my right hand, I undo with my left, what my left hand creates, my right fist shatters

[To be an artist,] this desire to conquer all with images.