" Anyway, the fascinating thing was that I read in National Geographic was that there are more people alive now than have died in all of human history. In other words, if everyone wanted to play Hamlet at once they couldn't, because they're wouldn't be enough skulls.(3)
"I want to be a sculptor." (126) I thought that his quote related to this topic because he might want to be able to sculpt something that won't change. Sculptures don't change while Oskar's life is changing all the time wherever he goes. Art can be a form of writing.
I think Oskar says this becuase he feels these are controlable factors.