Quotes from Walter Moers

Im as good as dead, but they haven't buried me yet.

Stelle Dich an den Abrgund der Hölle Und tanze zur Musik der Sterne!

People always covet what they themselves do not possess.

That's the reward for your good deed,' I explained, 'a clear conscience. It really perks you up.

It's quite simple, just follow the dotted line," the Planmaker explained. "Don't let any bad idea lead you astray. Don't let them persuade you to take a short cut or take one yourself. Life is a winding path. One sometimes has to make detours. That's my humble opinion, anyway.

Da ist auch noch ein anderer Geruch in der Luft, der Geruch von Feuern, die in der Ferne brennen, mit einem Hauch Zimt darin - so riecht das Abenteuer!

This is wine," Ghoolion said solemnly. "Wine is drinkable sunlight. It's the most glorious summer's day imaginable, captured in a bottle. Wine can be a melody in a cut-glass goblet, but it can also be a cacophony in a dirty tumbler, or a rainy autumn night, or a funeral march that scorches your tongue.

Beneath me lay the Lake of Oblivion, above me loomed Insanity.

He wasn't such a bad fellow after all. The rudiments of self-improvement and the intention to achieve it were definitely present.

There are times when the truth is the worst possible thing you can come out with.

When bad habits become a habit, you have to turn over a new leaf.

Bei einem Dichter klauen ist Diebstahl, bei vielen Dichtern klauen ist Recherche

Aber was interessiert mich der Schnee von morgen? Ich bin mit der Bewältigung und Vergangenheit so gut ausgelastet, dass ich nicht auch noch wissen muss, was mir in der Zukunft blüht.

The written word is redundant on the high seas. Why? Because paper gets wet too easily.

Wenn es sein muss, trete ich auch Zwerge!

I know people whose lives have been transformed by a good deed.

I simply wasn't born to remain in the same place for evermore...

There's a reason for every journey, and mine was prompted by boredom and the recklessness of youth, by a wish to break the bounds of my normal existence and familiarise myself with life and the world at large.

An author owes a duty to the truth.

Bücher erschaffen kannst du noch nicht", sagte der Schattenkönig, "aber umbringen kannst du sie schon. Bist du sicher, daß du nicht lieber Kritiker werden möchtest?

Why not ask yourself whether your other dreams are real? You go on trips and undergo the strangest experiences every night. How do you know they only take place in your mind?

But when there's light, there's darkness as well.

Warum tötest du mich nicht?" fragte der Bücherjäger. "Du solltest eigentlich wissen", antwortete Homunkoloss, "daß es immer einen geben muß, der überlebt, damit er die Geschichte erzählen kann. Denn sonst gäbe es bald keine Geschichten mehr, um die Bücher zu füllen.

Beurteile niemals ein Buch nach dem Umschlag!