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Germans make nice cars.

I'm German in my mind, but from a Germany that doesn't exist any more.

You talk about German technocracy and you get automobiles.

One of the key problems is that the Germans know what they do because everywhere they go there's a 'made in Germany' label on it - they can feel proud of Volkswagens and Audis and Mercedes.

I'm not big on material things, but I like my cars. They are German-made and custom-made.

The thing that I like about Germany is that Germans are so much like us. It's not like going to some other countries, where the differences are overwhelming and you walk around in a fog. Germans are so similar to Americans.

Sadly, my German is almost non-existent, although I did a little at school.

I can't say I'm thankful about being German because I sometimes experience it as a huge burden. But it is an integral part of me and I wouldn't want to escape it. I have accepted it.

Being German, I think we don't really express a lot of things.

We Germans should know that we're good at constructing cars, and we have a lot of good qualities. But we're not the funniest.