"The problem is that it is difficult to…" — 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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