“If I were asked to think up a new name for temptation, I should recommend the word 'doorknob', because what are these protuberances put on doors for if not to tempt us.” IfsThinkingShouldNamesDoorsTemptation Author:Gunter Grass
“So I have no grounds to complain; on the contrary, writers should consider the condition of permanent controversiality to be invigorating, part of the risk envolved in choosing the profesión. It is a fact of life that writers have always and with due consideration and great pleasure spit in the soup of the high and mighty. That is what makes the history of literature analogous to the development and refinement of censorship.” ShouldFactsLiteraturePleasureRiskConditionsDevelopmentDuesContraryComplainingPermanentConsiderationCensorshipSoupSpitFacts Of LifeRefinementInvigorating Author:Gunter Grass
“What I do is sometimes - at least in Germany - met with wounding campaigns. I always face the question: should I grow myself a thick skin and ignore it, or should I let myself be wounded? I've decided to be wounded, since, if I grew a thick skin, there are other things I wouldn't feel any more.” IfsFeelsShouldSometimesFacesGrowsGrewMetsDecidedSkinsCampaignsGermanyThickShould IWoundedThick Skin Author:Gunter Grass
