If I had to give a definition of happiness, it would be this: happiness needs nothing but itself; it doesn’t have to be validated.

- Herman Koch

Around here, we're as happy as God in France.

- Herman Koch

When the conversation turns too quickly to films,I see it as a sign of weakness.

- Herman Koch

Sometimes things come out of your mouth that you regret later on. Or no, not regret. You say something so razor-sharp that the person you say it to c…

- Herman Koch

The stupid woman is the one who thinks she doesn’t need any help.

- Herman Koch

I am not a great planner, so I have just a vague idea. And then I start to find out what kind of book I actually want to write.

- Herman Koch

When I'm writing I get easily bored.

- Herman Koch

In one way or another, every parent is curious what their children... what are they doing when we don't see?... What double lives are they leading? I…

- Herman Koch