Kathe Kollwitz

I do not want to die... until I have faithfully made the most of my talent and cultivated the seed that was placed in me until the last small twig has grown.

No longer diverted by other emotions, I work the way a cow grazes.

While I drew, and wept along with the terrified children I was drawing, I really felt the burden I am bearing. I felt that I have no right to withdraw from the responsibility of being an advocate.

Another thing that freaks me out is time. Time is like a book. You have a beginning, a middle and an end. It's just a cycle.

Most reporters who come to me get their stories directly from press releases. Very few do what one would consider to be their professional duty.

If that doomsday scenario happens, will it help if you have heaps of paper money? I don't think so.