Best Gunter Grass Quotes
- Often I had to imagine the things I needed. I learned very early to read amidst noise. And so I started writing and drawing at… Age
- Lies that do not hurt, which are different from lies that protect oneself or hurt another person. That is not my business. But the truth… Along
- Writers know that sometimes things are there in the drawer for decades before they finally come out and you are capable of writing about them. Capable
- In general, I agree with Jacob Grimm and feel that we ought to permit changes and uncontrolled growth in language. Even though that also allows… Agree
- My relationship with Wilhelm and Jacob Grimm reaches far back into my childhood. I grew up with Grimm's fairy tales. I even saw a theater… Advent
- There must be reasons why we men are so hipped on breasts as if we'd all been weaned too soon. All
- Melancholy has ceased to be an individual phenomenon, an exception. It has become the class privilege of the wage earner, a mass state of mind… Cause
- Information networks straddle the world. Nothing remains concealed. But the sheer volume of information dissolves the information. We are unable to take it all in. All
- The human head is bigger than the globe. It conceives itself as containing more. It can think and rethink itself and ourselves from any desired… Any
- Students who don't want to get anywhere are sure to get somewhere. Achievement
- Can it be that action is active resignation? Something is trying to develop; it moves ever so slightly, and there comes your man of action… Action
- One of the mistakes the Germans made ... was that they were not brave enough to be afraid. Afraid
- I catch myself judging myself as that 13-year-old boy, who, of course, rightfully points out that he is only a child. And my membership -… Boy
- What I do is sometimes - at least in Germany - met with wounding campaigns. I always face the question: should I grow myself a… Always Face
- I had an uncle who was a postal official at the Polish post office in Gdansk. He was one of the defenders of the Polish… Allowed
- I was assigned to the Waffen-SS but was never involved in any crime. Besides, I always felt the need to write about my experiences in… Always Felt
- As a child I was a great liar. Fortunately my mother liked my lies. I promised her marvelous things. Child
- Everyone is born into a certain era. I wouldn't want to see anyone faced with the circumstances that prevailed at the time, when there were… Alternatives
- I have heard my fill of hurtful words. I think it's especially egregious when citizens like me, who point out abuses in their country, are… Abuse
- The job of a citizen is to keep his mouth open. Citizen
- Even bad books are books and therefore sacred. Bad
- We already have the statistics for the future: the growth percentages of pollution, overpopulation, desertification. The future is already in place. Desertification
- Granted: I AM an inmate of a mental hospital; my keeper is watching me, he never lets me out of his sight; there's a peep-hole… Blue
- And when the sun goes down and the mood comes upon me, I'll watch the play of the colors on the water, yield to the… All
- An empty bus hurtles through the starry night Perhaps the driver is singing and happy because he sings. Bus