In my profession it isn’t a question of telling good literature from bad. Really good literature is seldom … - Walter Moers

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Today a newcomer to the state is automatically eligible for our many aid programs the moment he crosses the border.

Walter Moers

In my profession it isn’t a question of telling good literature from bad. Really good literature is seldom appreciated in its own day. The best authors die poor, the bad ones make money — it’s always been like that. What do I, an agent, get out of a literary genius who won’t be discovered for another hundred years? I’ll be dead myself then. Successful incompetents are what I need.

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