The filmmaker Carmen Tartarotti and her camera have been accompanying the 84-year-old author Friederike Mayröcker for many years. DAS SCHREIBEN UND DAS SCHWEIGEN accommodates itself to her working rhythm and gives an insight into Mayröcker's everyday life, complimented by her anecdotes in an off-screen commentary, “Statements that don't provide answers to any questions, they seem to be the most obvious of comments, and this ordinariness is exactly what gives them their appeal.” (Carmen Tartarotti)