"He lies like a book. And he reads…" — Elfriede Jelinek

He lies like a book. And he reads a lot of books. - Elfriede Jelinek

"He lies like a book. And he reads a lot of books."

— Elfriede Jelinek

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23 Quotes by Elfriede Jelinek

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As is said about most writers: on the one hand all I ever did from when I was a child…
Art and order, the relatives that refuse to relate.
Sunday, the day for the language of leisure.
Strictly speaking, there are no holidays for art; art pursues you everywhere, and that's just fine with the artist.
I do not fight against men, but against the system that is sexist.
It could draw from a greater reservoir of freedom. The irony could develop an even greater ease.
My plays are made up of long monologues, which is similar to prose working with the language
I think isolation is one of the greatest problems, an ever-growing obstacle to political solidarity
I have the feeling it will influence my future writing to the extent that without any material worries I could…
I cannot stand public attention, I just can't. Of course, if I may I might write something instead
Eroding solidarity paradoxically makes a society more susceptible to the construction of substitute collectives and fascisms of all kinds
I do not want to have the feeling of writing "for eternity," so to speak.

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High thoughts must have high language. — Aristophanes
I was never really a comic-book fanatic. — J. J. Abrams
When it comes to the point where you occasionally look forward to being in prison on the basis that you… — Julian Assange
Films and television and even comic books are churning out vast quantities of fictional narratives, and the public continues to… — Paul Auster
I'm not a comic book guy at all. — Darren Aronofsky
I don't believe in personal immortality; the only way I expect to have some version of such a thing is… — Isaac Asimov
I'd never heard of the 'Lord of the Rings', actually. So I went to the bookstore and there it was,… — Sean Astin
The question is, are we happy to suppose that our grandchildren may never be able to see an elephant except… — David Attenborough
I have a big following among the biogeeks of this world. Nobody ever puts them in books. — Margaret Atwood
Once you publish a book, it is out of your control. You cannot dictate how people read it. — Margaret Atwood
Writers and books are cheap dates, especially when you compare the cost of a book with a ticket to the… — Margaret Atwood
Our generation in the west was lucky: we had readymade gateways. We had books, paper, teachers, schools and libraries. But… — Margaret Atwood

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