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

If I were asked to think up a new name for temptation, I should recommend the word 'doorknob', because what are these protuberances put on doors for if not to tempt us.

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

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

An empty bus hurtles through the starry night Perhaps the driver is singing and happy because he sings.

I don't believe in writing at night because it comes too easily. When I read it in the morning it's not good. I need daylight to begin. Between nine and ten o'clock I have a long breakfast with reading and music.

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