Am Clever / Smart Ich bin / I Am
I am the state.
I'm not in a party. I am a party.
I am not immortal. Faustus and I are the also-ran.
I am not a writer.
I am not a player.
I am not a consecutive writer.
A writer is what I am.
I am pretty self-indulgent.
I am a part of all that I have met.