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Peter Handke Quotes (1942-)
Playwright, Novelist
About Peter Handke
Peter Handke (born 6 December 1942, in Griffen, Austria) is an avant-garde Austrian novelist and playwright.
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“Proud of my near-madness, as if I had attained a goal.”
“Ich hörte auf, oberflächlich zu sein — ich dachte nichts mehr”
“Tense, unnerved, and close to madness before writing—and when I read what I’ve written it looks so calm.”
“A fine thing: suddenly to forget about one’s history, one’s past, to stop feeling that one’s present happiness is endangered by what one used to be.”
“The main thing:... not to let myself be defined by history, not to take it as an excuse—despise it in those who hide their personal insignificance behind it—and yet know it, in order to understand people and above all to see through them (my hatred of history as a refuge for be-nothings).”
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Peter Handke on Superficiality
“I was no longer superficial—I had stopped thinking.”
About Peter Handke
Peter Handke (born 6 December 1942, in Griffen, Austria) is an avant-garde Austrian novelist and playwright.