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Elfriede Jelinek Quotes

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

Elfriede Jelinek

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: playwright
Nationality: american
Birth: October 20, 1946

Topics

Writing Speak Feeling Want Eternity

The real evil of the Russian communist state is not communism. It is the secret police and the concentration camp.

Police Evil Communism Secret Real

I achieved my personal dream and completed my transition to be able to live life as a woman.

Life Live Live Life Woman Dream

I listened to the veteran wrestlers that had tons of experience, like Leo Burke. I was never really alone.

Alone Experience Never Leo Like Had

I had a period where everything... if it's raining, I'm angry because it's raining. If I miss, it's because the pitch is too wet. It was only excuses. It was not good.

Good Angry Excuses Everything Wet

I'm quite shy, so if there's a guy I like, I actually ignore him because I can't speak to him. I get all red and sweaty, and it's embarrassing.

Red Speak Ignore Shy Him Guy

Extending emergency unemployment benefits isn't just the right thing to do for our families - it's the smart thing to do for our economy.

Smart The Right Thing Right Economy

The present moment is nice but it does not last. Living in it is like waiting in a junction town for the morning limited; the junction may be interesting but some day you will have to leave it and you do not know where the limited will take you.

Morning Moment Day Waiting Present

Once I started selling scripts for a great deal of money - action scripts, no less, which people tend to pooh-pooh anyway - then I started to get some backlash. Which I didn't mind.

Great Money People Mind Action Get

We have a zero tolerance policy here at Bellator when it relates to any form of domestic violence.

Tolerance Violence Policy Here Zero

One evening, Mike Myers and Steven Spielberg were discussing 'Goldmember,' and I just happened to joke, 'If you need a Japanese character, let me know!' The next day, they called me for audition! I find it's always helpful to maintain a sense of humour.

Character Day Me Evening You Find

I grew up reading SF in the '70s and '80s, and I like fast, thought-provoking plots that take you places in fully realized worlds.

Reading You Fast Places Up Take

In England, we're around so much American culture and TV anyway, so it's an accent that's always in our ear.

Culture American Always Ear Accent

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