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> [I think that's just what happens when you write a big bestseller. After that you need to find out: What's the best way to go on? And the worst thing you could do would be to try to repeat the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-kehlmann/i-think-that-s-just-what-happens-when-you-write-a-big-bestseller/)

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## More by Daniel Kehlmann

> [When I look at life I try to be as agnostic and unmetaphysical as possible. So I have to admit that, most probably, we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-kehlmann/when-i-look-at-life-i-try-to-be-as-agnostic-and-unmetaphysical-as/)

[Daniel Kehlmann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-kehlmann/)

> [“Sweat was running down my face. The next turn wasn’t too bad, and I noticed an old barn on the roadside, the roof caved-in,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-kehlmann/sweat-was-running-down-my-face-the-next-turn-wasn-t-too-bad-and-i/)

[Daniel Kehlmann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-kehlmann/)

> [A neglect of one's sentimental education early in life could bear the most unfortunate fruit.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-kehlmann/a-neglect-of-one-s-sentimental-education-early-in-life-could-bear-the/)

[Daniel Kehlmann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-kehlmann/)

> [It was both odd and unjust, a real example of pitiful arbitrariness of existance, that you were born into a particular time & held…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-kehlmann/it-was-both-odd-and-unjust-a-real-example-of-pitiful-arbitrariness-of/)

[Daniel Kehlmann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-kehlmann/)

> [You say fate is almost indispensable to literature - I think it's completely indispensable, at least in a novel, because a novel always has…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-kehlmann/you-say-fate-is-almost-indispensable-to-literature-i-think-it-s/)

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> [When I write a book I'm always questioning the project as a whole. I always feel I might have to just throw it away…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-kehlmann/when-i-write-a-book-i-m-always-questioning-the-project-as-a-whole-i/)

[Daniel Kehlmann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-kehlmann/)

> [Also, whenever you have direct speech, and I don't quite know why, but it always gets better in English. Dialogue, the flow of dialogue,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-kehlmann/also-whenever-you-have-direct-speech-and-i-don-t-quite-know-why-but/)

[Daniel Kehlmann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-kehlmann/)

> [One of the points where the art world is at its most metaphysical is in this weird aspect of the power of the expert.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-kehlmann/one-of-the-points-where-the-art-world-is-at-its-most-metaphysical-is/)

[Daniel Kehlmann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-kehlmann/)

> [“But why people? I asked. What does he care about people? He’s a bear.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-kehlmann/but-why-people-i-asked-what-does-he-care-about-people-he-s-a-bear/)

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> [Usually I work out the plot before I start. This time I thought: Writers always talk about not knowing where a book is going…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-kehlmann/usually-i-work-out-the-plot-before-i-start-this-time-i-thought/)

[Daniel Kehlmann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-kehlmann/)

> [For a while I never show anybody what I'm writing, and during that time I need the feeling that publishing is only an option.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-kehlmann/for-a-while-i-never-show-anybody-what-i-m-writing-and-during-that/)

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> [German can take a lot more pathos than English can. When you say "pathetic" in English it's a disparaging term, but when you say…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-kehlmann/german-can-take-a-lot-more-pathos-than-english-can-when-you-say/)

[Daniel Kehlmann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-kehlmann/)

> [English has a better way with colloquialisms. It has colloquialisms that are colorful and expressive but not too heavy or distracting. In German, if…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-kehlmann/english-has-a-better-way-with-colloquialisms-it-has-colloquialisms/)

[Daniel Kehlmann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-kehlmann/)

> [It's also one of these strange points where metaphysics converges with economy. Because really what the experts are doing is creating value by banishing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-kehlmann/it-s-also-one-of-these-strange-points-where-metaphysics-converges/)

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> [Usually the German translators do something terrible, especially with Tom Wolfe, which is that they make it local. So if the characters are from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-kehlmann/usually-the-german-translators-do-something-terrible-especially-with/)

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