I think isolation is one of the greatest problems, an ever-growing obstacle to political solidarity. Elfriede Jelinek Read Quote
I cannot stand public attention, I just can’t. Of course, if I may I might write something instead. Elfriede Jelinek Read Quote
I have the feeling it will influence my future writing to the extent that without any material worries I could develop a greater ease, even lightheartedness, in my writing. Elfriede Jelinek Read Quote
I describe the relationship between man and woman as a Hegelian relationship between master and slave. As long as men are able to increase their sexual value through work, fame or wealth, while women are only powerful through their body, beauty and youth, nothing will change. Elfriede Jelinek Read Quote
My training in music and composition then led me to a kind of musical language process in which, for example, the sound of the words I play with has to expose their true meaning against their will so to speak. Elfriede Jelinek Read Quote
I associate the metaphor of sport with war. The unrest in the former Yugoslavia, after all, started with a football match that then became charged in nationalist ways and ended in violence. Elfriede Jelinek Read Quote