Timur Vermes

“Es war nicht alles schlecht.”

— Timur Vermes

“And stop smoking," I yelled after him. "You smell like cheap ham!”

— Timur Vermes

“But with superior morale, with an unwavering, fanatical spirit, everything is possible!”

— Timur Vermes

“the moment a politician removes his shirt, his policies are dead in the water. All he will say is, “Look, my dear…

— Timur Vermes

“To begin with I thought we were driving around in circles until I realised that Herr Starbuck owned dozens of coffee houses.”

— Timur Vermes

“This black wardrobe all the time. This dark lipstick, this face which you always make up to look so pale, or at…

— Timur Vermes

“In Berlin I have time and again met people who make no secret of the fact that their only reason for stirring…

— Timur Vermes

“There are always advantages to having reached a certain time in one's life. I am most pleased that I did not come…

— Timur Vermes

“It came as no surprise to learn of the success the Swede has recently enjoyed with his furniture. In that rotten state…

— Timur Vermes

“What irritates me most of all about these morning people is their horribly good temper, as if they have been up for…

— Timur Vermes