Geschrieben / Written Gesehen / Seen Medizin / Medicine Medizinisch / Medical Noch nie / Never Operation Romane / Novels Studierte / Studied Zwei / Two
I never wanted to do political satire because it seems too surface to me.
I have never seen a situation so dismal that a policeman couldn't make it worse.
I never know as a writer when I set out into a novel where it's going to take me.
One who doesn't throw the dice can never expect to score a six.
A writer never reads his work. For him, it is the unreadable, a secret, and he cannot remain face to face with it. A secret, because he is separated from it.
I'm probably writing music now for the same reason as I started writing songs when I was 14 - to meet women.
Written pages are something that can be returned to, reclaimed, and when they are marvelous, never lose their power.
Here's a rule I recommend: Never practice two vices at once.
When I wrote The Onion Field, I realized that my first two novels were just practice.
