Quote by Daniel Kehlmann Download Open image ““Du kannst was man können muss, aber du bist leer.”” — Daniel Kehlmann ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.9 out of 5 (7 ratings) Copy quoteShare
“Um das zu werden was du möchtest, musst du das sein, was du nicht bist.” — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Sei was du willst auf der Welt, aber was du bist, habe den Mut, ganz zu sein.” — Albert Leo Schlageter Copy Share Image
“Da man nicht tun kann, was man will, muss man das wollen, was man tun kann.” — Publius Terentius Afer Copy Share Image
“Aber was interessiert mich der Schnee von morgen? Ich bin mit der Bewältigung und Vergangenheit so gut ausgelastet, dass ich nicht auch noch wissen… — Walter Moers Copy Share Image
“Og ingen kunne slå en bydverg når det gjaldt å tylle i seg. Iblant bommet de helt på munnen.” — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
When I look at life I try to be as agnostic and unmetaphysical as possible. So I have to admit that, most probably, we… — Daniel Kehlmann Copy Share Image
“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,… — Daniel Kehlmann Copy Share Image
A neglect of one's sentimental education early in life could bear the most unfortunate fruit. — Daniel Kehlmann Copy Share Image
It was both odd and unjust, a real example of pitiful arbitrariness of existance, that you were born into a particular time & held… — Daniel Kehlmann Copy Share Image
You say fate is almost indispensable to literature - I think it's completely indispensable, at least in a novel, because a novel always has… — Daniel Kehlmann Copy Share Image
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… — Daniel Kehlmann Copy Share Image
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,… — Daniel Kehlmann Copy Share Image
One of the points where the art world is at its most metaphysical is in this weird aspect of the power of the expert. There are experts who claim they cannot be fooled because they have an inner connection to an artist and can feel whether something is genuine or fake. I've heard experts say, on panels: When it comes… — Daniel Kehlmann Copy Share
“But why people? I asked. What does he care about people? He’s a bear.” — Daniel Kehlmann Copy Share Image
Usually I work out the plot before I start. This time I thought: Writers always talk about not knowing where a book is going - -I want to experience that, too. What I found out is that it's very interesting, but it takes much longer because you have so many false starts. You take wrong turns and you have to… — Daniel Kehlmann Copy Share
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.… — Daniel Kehlmann Copy Share Image
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… — Daniel Kehlmann Copy Share Image
