Mahler was by nature moody and authoritarian—Natalie Bauer-Lechner, his earlier partner, said that living with him was "like being on a boat that is ceaselessly rocked to and fro by the waves."
Mahler era por natureza temperamental e autoritario—a súa anterior compañeira Natalie Bauer-Lechner, dixo que vivir con el era "como estar nun barco que está constantemente sacudido polas ondas".