Everybody knows how fallible memory can sometimes be. You remember certain fragments precisely, but as soon as you try to join the fragments together, for a story, there is a certain - not falsification, but a shifting. Gunter Grass falliblefalsificationfragment share on social
I have found that words that are loaded with pathos and create a seductive euphoria are apt to promote nonsense. Gunter Grass aptcreateeuphoria Change image and share on social
Writers know that sometimes things are there in the drawer for decades before they finally come out and you are capable of writing about them. Gunter Grass capabledecadedrawer Change image and share on social
How do we prevent Iran developing an atomic bomb, when, on the American side, dropping atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki is not recognised as a war crime? Gunter Grass americanatomicbomb Change image and share on social
Memory likes to play hide-and-seek, to crawl away. It tends to hold forth, to dress up, often needlessly. Memory contradicts itself; pedant that it is, it will have its way. Gunter Grass contradictcrawldress Change image and share on social
With drawing, I am acutely aware of creating something on a sheet of paper. It is a sensual act, which you cannot say about the act of writing. In fact, I often turn to drawing to recover from the writing. Gunter Grass actacutelyaware share on social
My relationship with Wilhelm and Jacob Grimm reaches far back into my childhood. I grew up with Grimm's fairy tales. I even saw a theater production of 'Tom Thumb' during Advent at the State Theater in Danzig, which my mother took me to see. Gunter Grass adventbackchildhood share on social
Art is uncompromising and life is full of compromises. Gunter Grass artcompromisefull Change image and share on social
I belonged to the generation that grew up under National Socialism, and was blinded and led astray - and allowed itself to be led astray. Gunter Grass allowastraybelong Change image and share on social
It is a wonderful thing in the process of writing when such paper characters are first sketched, and, when one is doing good work, from a certain point in time they come alive and start contradicting the author as well. Gunter Grass aliveauthorcharacter share on social
