Walter Moers Quotes

From the stars we come, to the stars we go. Life is but a journey into the unknown.

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.

For some miracles can only occur in the dark.

Wednesdays were the best thing about Atlantis. The middle of the week was a traditional holiday there. Everyone stopped work and celebrated the fact that half the week was over.

No one who writes a good book is really dead.

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.

If flatness were funny, a dinner plate would be hilarious.

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.

Life is too precious to be left to chance

Stealing from one author is plagiarism; from many authors, research.

never trust a Troglotroll

Reading is an intelligent way of not having to think.

On horseback you feel as if you're moving in time to classical music; a camel seems to progress to the beat of a drum played by a drunk.

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

People always covet what they themselves do not possess.

Wine is drinkable sunlight. It's the most glorious summer's day imaginable, captured in a bottle.

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

Nothing is what one thinks it is. Cloth is stone and circus is an art. There are no certainties.

That was a day that taught me the meaning of abject failure.

Rumo!" said Rumo. "That's right!" Smyke exclaimed. "You Rumo, me Smyke." "You Rumo, me Smyke." Rumo repeated eagerly. "No, no." Smyke chuckled.

On horseback you feel as if you're moving in time to classical music a camel seems to progress to the beat of a drum played by a drunk.

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.

Es kommt nicht darauf an, wie eine Geschichte anfängt. Auch nicht darauf, wie sie aufhört. Sondern auf das, was dazwischen passiert.