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> [I don't need anybody to tell me how to be alive.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/klaus-kinski/i-don-t-need-anybody-to-tell-me-how-to-be-alive/)

[Klaus Kinski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/klaus-kinski/)

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## More by Klaus Kinski

> [About 25 years ago, I was in an apartment, and next door, they put on the radio, so I struck the wall with my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/klaus-kinski/about-25-years-ago-i-was-in-an-apartment-and-next-door-they-put-on/)

[Klaus Kinski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/klaus-kinski/)

> [“Slavery is an element of the human heart...to our ruin.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/klaus-kinski/slavery-is-an-element-of-the-human-heart-to-our-ruin/)

[Klaus Kinski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/klaus-kinski/)

> [Once, I took a taxi. I hate those limousines. They stink and their drivers have been driving dead people to the cemeteries.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/klaus-kinski/once-i-took-a-taxi-i-hate-those-limousines-they-stink-and-their/)

[Klaus Kinski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/klaus-kinski/)

> [I didn't choose solitude.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/klaus-kinski/i-didn-t-choose-solitude/)

[Klaus Kinski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/klaus-kinski/)

> [You don't need a framework. You need a painting, not a frame.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/klaus-kinski/you-don-t-need-a-framework-you-need-a-painting-not-a-frame/)

[Klaus Kinski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/klaus-kinski/)

> [What do you think, that a dollar in a savings account is freedom? Maybe you have understood nothing I have said.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/klaus-kinski/what-do-you-think-that-a-dollar-in-a-savings-account-is-freedom-maybe/)

[Klaus Kinski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/klaus-kinski/)

> [Put a bird cage near the window so that the bird can see the sky? It's much better to look than not to, even…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/klaus-kinski/put-a-bird-cage-near-the-window-so-that-the-bird-can-see-the-sky-it-s/)

[Klaus Kinski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/klaus-kinski/)

> [“Ich verbrenne, so wie ich mein ganzes Leben lnag verbrannt bin. Ich weiß nicht, was das heißt.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/klaus-kinski/ich-verbrenne-so-wie-ich-mein-ganzes-leben-lnag-verbrannt-bin-ich-wei/)

[Klaus Kinski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/klaus-kinski/)

> [It is the Nobel Prize I want. It's worth $400,000.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/klaus-kinski/it-is-the-nobel-prize-i-want-it-s-worth-400-000/)

[Klaus Kinski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/klaus-kinski/)

> [I've solved the mystery: You have to submit silently. Open up, let go. Let anything penetrate you, even the most painful things. Endure. Bear…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/klaus-kinski/i-ve-solved-the-mystery-you-have-to-submit-silently-open-up-let-go/)

[Klaus Kinski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/klaus-kinski/)

> [When you are there, you are. With words, you aren't.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/klaus-kinski/when-you-are-there-you-are-with-words-you-aren-t/)

[Klaus Kinski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/klaus-kinski/)

> [But words - words are not enough!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/klaus-kinski/but-words-words-are-not-enough/)

[Klaus Kinski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/klaus-kinski/)

> [I am not the Jesus of the official church tolerated by those in power. I am not your superstar.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/klaus-kinski/i-am-not-the-jesus-of-the-official-church-tolerated-by-those-in-power/)

[Klaus Kinski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/klaus-kinski/)

> [I could be with a woman in a bed, for weeks even, and it would seem to me like three seconds. Or 300 years.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/klaus-kinski/i-could-be-with-a-woman-in-a-bed-for-weeks-even-and-it-would-seem-to/)

[Klaus Kinski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/klaus-kinski/)

> [I didn't want to be alone, but I had to learn that the dimensions of my feelings are too violent. I had to learn…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/klaus-kinski/i-didn-t-want-to-be-alone-but-i-had-to-learn-that-the-dimensions-of/)

[Klaus Kinski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/klaus-kinski/)

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