I wanted to become a cartoon artist, a portrait artist, and an illustrator. This was my first idea.

I could spend the rest of my life writing and drawing books for kids and be a very happy man.

The first thing I do when I get up, I have breakfast.

I love classic beauty. It’s an idea of beauty with no standard.

But if I have a lot of imagination, I could tell myself whatever I wanted, you know. I handle myself quite well. I'm kind of fascist with myself, you know. There's no discussion. There is an order. You follow it.

I had nearly finished school because I was making effort not that bad on that. But there was a law in Germany after the war. You could not make your final examination before 18, so lots of people who were late because of the way had to do it first.