Author: Elfriede Jelinek

Quotes

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

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

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

- Elfriede Jelinek

I can really write what I want. I can take time; I can do nothing for a year. That is paradise.

I can really write what I want. I can take time; I can do nothing for a year. That is paradise.

- Elfriede Jelinek

I do not fight against men, but against the system that is sexist.

I do not fight against men, but against the system that is sexist.

- Elfriede Jelinek

The government has once again made the right socially acceptable.

The government has once again made the right socially acceptable.

- Elfriede Jelinek

I seek to cast an incorruptible gaze on women, especially where they are the accomplices of men.

I seek to cast an incorruptible gaze on women, especially where they are the accomplices of men.

- Elfriede Jelinek

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

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

- Elfriede Jelinek

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