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> [Sometimes, in the course of my hopeless quest, I would pick up and dip into one of the ordinary books that lay strewn around the castle. Whenever I did, it seemed so insipid and insubstantial that I flew into a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-moers/sometimes-in-the-course-of-my-hopeless-quest-i-would-pick-up-and-dip/)

[Walter Moers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-moers/)

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## More by Walter Moers

> [Anyone can write. Some people can write a bit better than others; they're called authors. Then there are some who can write better than…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-moers/anyone-can-write-some-people-can-write-a-bit-better-than-others-they/)

[Walter Moers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-moers/)

> [“If what I reading has the power to grip me, I can read under the most difficult circumstances.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-moers/if-what-i-reading-has-the-power-to-grip-me-i-can-read-under-the-most/)

[Walter Moers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-moers/)

> [On horseback you feel as if you're moving in time to classical music; a camel seems to progress to the beat of a drum…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-moers/on-horseback-you-feel-as-if-you-re-moving-in-time-to-classical-music/)

[Walter Moers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-moers/)

> [“Really good literature is seldom appreciated in its own day. The best authors die poor, the bad ones make money - it's always been…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-moers/really-good-literature-is-seldom-appreciated-in-its-own-day-the-best/)

[Walter Moers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-moers/)

> [“WI felt I ought to comment on that, but nothing occurred to me.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-moers/wi-felt-i-ought-to-comment-on-that-but-nothing-occurred-to-me/)

[Walter Moers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-moers/)

> [Writers are there to write, not experience things. If you want to experience things, become a pirate or a Bookhunter. If you want to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-moers/writers-are-there-to-write-not-experience-things-if-you-want-to/)

[Walter Moers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-moers/)

> [“That was a day that taught me the meaning of abject failure.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-moers/that-was-a-day-that-taught-me-the-meaning-of-abject-failure/)

[Walter Moers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-moers/)

> [People always covet what they themselves do not possess.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-moers/people-always-covet-what-they-themselves-do-not-possess/)

[Walter Moers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-moers/)

> [“If he survived Roaming Rock, he kept telling himself, death would have lost its sting.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-moers/if-he-survived-roaming-rock-he-kept-telling-himself-death-would-have/)

[Walter Moers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-moers/)

> [Sometimes, in the course of my hopeless quest, I would pick up and dip into one of the ordinary books that lay strewn around…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-moers/sometimes-in-the-course-of-my-hopeless-quest-i-would-pick-up-and-dip/)

[Walter Moers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-moers/)

> [never trust a Troglotroll](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-moers/never-trust-a-troglotroll/)

[Walter Moers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-moers/)

> [“Da ist auch noch ein anderer Geruch in der Luft, der Geruch von Feuern, die in der Ferne brennen, mit einem Hauch Zimt darin…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-moers/da-ist-auch-noch-ein-anderer-geruch-in-der-luft-der-geruch-von-feuern/)

[Walter Moers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-moers/)

> [“If flatness were funny, a dinner plate would be hilarious.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-moers/if-flatness-were-funny-a-dinner-plate-would-be-hilarious/)

[Walter Moers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-moers/)

> [In my profession it isn’t a question of telling good literature from bad. Really good literature is seldom appreciated in its own day. The…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-moers/in-my-profession-it-isn-t-a-question-of-telling-good-literature-from/)

[Walter Moers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-moers/)

> [“But when there’s light, there’s darkness as well.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-moers/but-when-there-s-light-there-s-darkness-as-well/)

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