In years to come, he would be a giver of bread, not a stealer - proof again of the contradictory human being. So much good, so much evil. Just add water.

When a person's last response was Saumensch or Saukerl or Arschloch, you knew you had them beaten.

You should know it yourself- a young man is still a boy, and a boy sometimes has the right to be stubborn.

I think 'The Lord Of The Rings' is the mother of all cult books, because you can be in that cult and not even know you're in it.

Maybe everyone can live beyond what they're capable of.

Failure has been my best friend as a writer. It tests you, to see if you have what it takes to see it through.

Can a person steal happiness? Or is just another internal, infernal human trick?