Quote by: Elfriede Jelinek

I only enjoy what I can see, because I don't feel anything. For example, your new wallpaper. I like it and it can stay, it's quiet and it keeps quiet at least. Luckily I don't have to feel it, just see it.


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Author Bio


  • NameElfriede Jelinek
  • DescriptionAustrian writer
  • BornOctober 20, 1946
  • CountryAustria
  • ProfessionWriter; Playwright; Screenwriter; Poet; Translator; Novelist
  • WorksThe Piano Teacher; Women As Lovers; The Children Of The Dead
  • AwardsNobel Prize In Literature; Georg Büchner Prize; Walter-Hasenclever-Preis Der Stadt Aachen; ; Franz Kafka Prize; Heinrich-Böll-Preis; Stig Dagerman Prize