Siegfried Lenz Professions : Writer Born : March 17, 1926 Died : October 7, 2014 Browse All Authors Top 5 quotes by Siegfried Lenz One never comes into embarrassment, if one is ready to balance. To ask oneself never in embarrassment, what have you in these decades made. Siegfried Lenz embarrassment balance made Every story I write starts with a dilemma or a theme. Once I am convinced that this is the issue that is perturbing my thoughts, I start to look for characters capable of representing it. Siegfried Lenz thoughts i-am start look Sometimes, it is precisely when you discover that you are living very happily that you suddenly find yourself in danger. To be happy means to discover that you are exposed to being hurt. Siegfried Lenz be-happy yourself you happy I sit in my room at my desk, looking out the window to the yard and waiting for a plot to come to me, to rise slowly in my mind. Siegfried Lenz looking me waiting mind I read what I write over and over and make corrections and improvements, until I reach the conclusion that the material deserves to stand on its own. Siegfried Lenz reach stand over own Similar Authors Ihab Hassan writer Ingmar Bergman writer Isabella Bird writer Ivan E. Coyote writer Al Feldstein writer Bert Sugar writer All Authors
