Top 36 Quotes by Elfriede Jelinek

About Elfriede Jelinek

These are some quotes by American author Elfriede Jelinek Playwright, who was born on October 20, 1946.

I don't do what I do willingly, but I have to do it.

I don't do what I do willingly, but I have to do it.

Elfriede Jelinek

I think isolation is one of the greatest problems, an ever-growing obstacle to political solidarity.

I think isolation is one of the greatest problems, an ever-growing obstacle to political solidarity.

Elfriede Jelinek

I do not want to have the feeling of writing 'for eternity', so to speak.

I do not want to have the feeling of writing 'for eternity', so to speak.

Elfriede Jelinek

It's a wonderfully democratic method, publishing a text on the Internet.

It's a wonderfully democratic method, publishing a text on the Internet.

Elfriede Jelinek

As long as I have books and DVDs, I don't miss much.

As long as I have books and DVDs, I don't miss much.

Elfriede Jelinek

My inspiration came especially in the 1950s through the Vienna Group founded by writer H.C. Artmann. It showed me that if you want to say something, you have to let the language itself say it, because language is usually more meaningful than the mere content that one wishes to convey.

Elfriede Jelinek

As much as football can cause war, it can also cause peace. Football is a kind of Geiger counter of civilisation, or a catalyst for good as well as bad.

As much as football can cause war, it can also cause peace. Football is a kind of Geiger counter of civilisation, or a catalyst for good as well as bad.

Elfriede Jelinek

How can the writer know reality if it is that which gets into him and sweeps him away, forever onto the sidelines.

How can the writer know reality if it is that which gets into him and sweeps him away, forever onto the sidelines.

Elfriede Jelinek

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.

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

I'm not one of those women writers who are obsessed by their ego, possibly because I don't have one.

I'm not one of those women writers who are obsessed by their ego, possibly because I don't have one.

Elfriede Jelinek

Copyright © Softland 2016-2025. All rights reserved.