How can the writer know reality if it is that which gets into him and sweeps him away, forever onto the sidelines. Elfriede Jelinek Read Quote
Internet is exemplary for me. I do not want to have the feeling of writing ‘for eternity,’ so to speak. The fleetingness of the Internet has therefore become very attractive to me. Elfriede Jelinek Read Quote
A woman who becomes famous through her work reduces her erotic value. A woman is permitted to chat or babble, but speaking in public with authority is still the greatest transgression. Elfriede Jelinek Read Quote
In Austria, a rather authoritarian Catholic country, the role of the social admonisher traditionally fell to artists because there were no great political thinkers. Elfriede Jelinek Read Quote
The smaller a group, the easier it is for more people to argue and enter into discussions. The U.S. is vast. It’s too large. The intellectuals hide out in enclaves, in big cities or universities, like a bunch of chickens hiding from a fox. Elfriede Jelinek Read Quote
I am a sort of justice fanatic, and I always have to give a voice to those who get a raw deal. Elfriede Jelinek Read Quote
I’m not one of those women writers who are obsessed by their ego, possibly because I don’t have one. Elfriede Jelinek Read Quote
I am not made to be pulled into the public as a person. I feel threatened there. Elfriede Jelinek Read Quote
I find the Internet to be the most wonderful thing there is. It connects people. Everyone can have input. Elfriede Jelinek Read Quote
