77 Quotes by Walter Moers

I’ve never thought much of strictly organised and methodical study. You can’t arrange a library in alphabetical order until you’ve collected one.

For some miracles can only occur in the dark.

Anyone can write. Some people can write a bit better than others; they’re called authors. Then there are some who can write better than authors; they’re called artists.

Ordinary folk prefer familiar tastes – they’d sooner eat the same things all the time – but a gourmet would sample a fried park bench just to know how it tastes.

Verlass dich nie auf die Ehrhaftigkeit eines anderen!

Someone with an obsession for arranging things in alphabetical order was an abcedist, whereas someone with an obsession for arranging them in reverse alphabetical order was a zyxedist.

Hexen stehen immer zwischen Birken.

He gave me a look of mingled anticipation, curiosity, and compassion, like a cat with a captive bird in its claws.

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.