Author: Heinrich Boll

Quotes

Literature has its own life, even in a dictatorship like the Soviet Union.

Literature has its own life, even in a dictatorship like the Soviet Union.

- Heinrich Boll

Many writers are radical. I am not, because of my age and because of my terrible fear of demagogy.

Many writers are radical. I am not, because of my age and because of my terrible fear of demagogy.

- Heinrich Boll

I long for the time of no more departures. It has something to do with age, probably.

I long for the time of no more departures. It has something to do with age, probably.

- Heinrich Boll

The war is not planned. I don't believe that any responsible person plans it. But it's thought as possible.

The war is not planned. I don't believe that any responsible person plans it. But it's thought as possible.

- Heinrich Boll

Humor is really one of the hardest things to define, very hard. And it's very ambiguous. You have it, or you don't. You can't attain it.

Humor is really one of the hardest things to define, very hard. And it's very ambiguous. You have it, or you don't. You can't attain it.

- Heinrich Boll

Politicians, ideologists, theologians and philosophers try time and again to provide solutions with nothing remaining: prefab solved problems.

Politicians, ideologists, theologians and philosophers try time and again to provide solutions with nothing remaining: prefab solved problems.

- Heinrich Boll

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