The most important interviews from 40 years: intellectually brilliant, far-sighted, and combative. "My muse is called lack" - this is how Martin Walser early on defined the starting point of his writing. What it means to lead a life as a writer and intellectual with this lack is revealed in the most significant interviews with Martin Walser - and so much more: about Kafka, of course, about the relationship between literature and the world, Group 47, German-German history, major turning points, and the greatness of small moments, about writing as revitalization. A deep insight into the work and thinking of Martin Walser.