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I would gladly do it but I am suffering from social phobia. I cannot manage being in a crowd of people.

~Elfriede Jelinek

Topics: Am Being Cannot Crowd Gladly Manage People Phobia Social Suffering Would I Am

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I cannot stand public attention, I just can't. Of course, if I may I might write something instead.

~Elfriede Jelinek

Topics: Attention Cannot Course Instead Just May Might Public Something Stand Write

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The government has once again made the right socially acceptable.

~Elfriede Jelinek

Topics: Acceptable Again Government Made Once Right Socially

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My plays are made up of long monologues, which is similar to prose working with the language.

~Elfriede Jelinek

Topics: Language Long Made Monologues Plays Prose Similar Up Which Working

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The problem is that it is difficult to translate.

~Elfriede Jelinek

Topics: Difficult Problem Translate

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I am not made to be pulled into the public as a person. I feel threatened there.

~Elfriede Jelinek

Topics: Am Feel Made Person Public Pulled Threatened I Am I Feel

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I'm not one of those women writers who are obsessed by their ego, possibly because I don't have one.

~Elfriede Jelinek

Topics: Because Ego Obsessed Possibly Those Who Women Women Writers Writers

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I find the Internet to be the most wonderful thing there is. It connects people. Everyone can have input.

~Elfriede Jelinek

Topics: Connects Everyone Find Input Internet Most People Thing Wonderful Wonderful Thing

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It's a wonderfully democratic method, publishing a text on the Internet.

~Elfriede Jelinek

Topics: Democratic Internet Method Publishing Text Wonderfully

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As long as I have books and DVDs, I don't miss much.

~Elfriede Jelinek

Topics: Books Long Miss Much Dvds

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Playwright

Born: October 20th, 1946

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