Elfriede Jelinek Quotes

American - Playwright | October 20, 1946 -

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.

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It could draw from a greater reservoir of freedom. The irony could develop an even greater ease.

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

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

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Eroding solidarity paradoxically makes a society more susceptible to the construction of substitute collectives and fascisms of all kinds.

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I cannot stand public attention, I just can't. Of course, if I may I might write something instead.

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My plays are made up of long monologues, which is similar to prose working with the language.

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The problem is that it is difficult to translate.

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

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I find the Internet to be the most wonderful thing there is. It connects people. Everyone can have input.

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

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

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