"Wednesdays were the best thing about Atlantis. The middle of the week was a traditional holiday there. Everyone stopped work and celebrated the fact that half the week was over."
— Walter Moers (The 13 1/2 Lives of Captain Blue Bear)

"Stealing from one author is plagiarism; from many authors, research."
— Walter Moers (The City of Dreaming Books)

"never trust a Troglotroll"
— Walter Moers

"Es kommt nicht darauf an, wie eine Geschichte anfängt. Auch nicht darauf, wie sie aufhört. Sondern auf das, was dazwischen passiert."
— Walter Moers (Die Stadt der träumenden Bücher: Ein Roman aus Zamonien von Hildegunst von Mythenmetz. Aus dem Zamonischen übertragen und illustriert von Walter Moers)

"There were adventure stories supplied with cloths for mopping your brow, thrillers containing pressed leaves of soothing valerian to be sniffed when the suspense became too great, and books with stout locks sealed by the Atlantean censorship authorities ("Sale permitted, reading prohibited!"). One shop sold nothing but 'half' works that broke off in the middle because their author had died while writing them; another specialised in novels whose protagonists were insects. I also saw a Wolperting shop that sold nothing but books on chess and another patronised exclusively by dwarfs with blond beards, all of whom wore eye-shades."
— Walter Moers (The City of Dreaming Books)

"Someone with an obsession for arranging things in alphabetical order was an abcedist, whereas someone with an obsession for arranging them in reverse alphabetical order was a zyxedist."
— Walter Moers (The City of Dreaming Books)

"Nog één ding, jongen, wat je in je oren moet knopen: het gaat niet om hoe een verhaal begint. Ook niet om hoe het eindigt. Maar om wat daartussenin gebeurt."
— Walter Moers

"Im as good as dead, but they haven't buried me yet."
— Walter Moers

"Stelle Dich an den Abrgund der Hölle
Und tanze zur Musik der Sterne!"
— Walter Moers (Ensel Und Krete)

"People always covet what they themselves do not possess."
— Walter Moers (The 13 1/2 Lives of Captain Bluebear)