I ask nothing of the Jews except that they should disappear.

It was my dream, and probably the dream of every one of us, to bring about a revision of the Versailles Treaty by peaceful means, which was provided for in that very treaty.

On 24 August 1939, as an officer in the reserve, I had to join my regiment in Potsdam.

I did not care for Wagner. My tastes are more classical. Der Fuhrer had no musical taste and liked Wagner because of the bombastic Teutonic glories.

In 1930 I became a member of the Reichstag.

A thousand years will pass and the guilt of Germany will not be erased

Concentration camps were entirely a matter for the police and had nothing to do with the administration.

Even in art, there is no light without shadows, and no shadows are cast without some light. Even the shadow of Adolf Hitler is accompanied by some light.

Hitler is lonely. So is God. Hitler is like God.

I am thankful for the kind treatment during my captivity and I ask God to accept me with mercy.

War is not a thing one wants.

Regret for not learning

Friendships offer more than happiness and a feeling of mutual camaraderie

A program designed for inputs from people is usually stressed beyond breaking point by computer-generated inputs.

I've tried very hard and I've never found any resemblance between the people I know and the people in my novels.

I don't like television and movies where it's like, "Well, that was entertaining, but when I think back on it, that didn't really make sense and it's empty." That's like junk food, to me.

All our life is but a going out to the place of execution, to death.

What rage for fame attends both great and small! Better be damned than mentioned not at all.

If you have difficulties making a decision, choose the lesser of the two evils.

Not a single person whose name is worth remembering lived a life of ease.

If all that's going on in your scenes is what's going on in your scenes, think about it a long time.