We can`t allow racism and xenophobia to gain traction.
Prose is a museum, where all the old weapons of poetry are kept
Language is by its very nature a communal thing.
Literature, like memory, selects only the vivid patches.
The artist tries to see what there is to be interested in. . . He has not created something,he has seen something.
In the light of absolute values (religious or ethical) man himself is judged to be limited or imperfect, while he can occasionally accomplish acts which partake of perfection, he, himself can never be perfect.
All emotions are the ore from which poetry may be sifted.
We're just fragile machines programmed with a false sense of our own importance. And every now and then the universe sends a reminder that we don't really matter to it.
I was lucky to start working when German cinema was having an interesting moment. Now the quality is going downhill again because they're insisting on doing comedies. We should know by now that we make good cars but we're not the funniest people.
Deep down, I reckon the sweetest moment will come when it's finally all over. When, at last, I know that I can stop fighting. Of course it'll also be a little sad. The sweetest moments, y'know, always come with just a little sadness.
I never could have achieved the success that I have without setting physical activity and health goals.