--- title: "1 Cervantes Wrote Quotes By David Mazzucchelli" description: "1 Cervantes Wrote quotes by David Mazzucchelli. Plus more from David Mazzucchelli and more Cervantes Wrote sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/647/david-mazzucchelli-26145_books_so-what-are-you-working-on-now-right-now_2225892.png" --- > [“So...what are you working on now?" “Right now, an essay about Don Quixote.” “One of my favorite books.” “Mine too.” “What’s the gist?” “It has to do with the authorship of the books.” “Is there any question?” “I mean the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-mazzucchelli/so-what-are-you-working-on-now-right-now-an-essay-about-don-quixote/) [David Mazzucchelli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-mazzucchelli/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/647/david-mazzucchelli-26145_books_so-what-are-you-working-on-now-right-now_2225892.png) ## More by David Mazzucchelli > [“if the creator of the universe is spending all his time watching you, it must surly be because he loves you.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-mazzucchelli/if-the-creator-of-the-universe-is-spending-all-his-time-watching-you/) [David Mazzucchelli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-mazzucchelli/) > [“Every memory no matter how remote its subject takes place "now " at the moment it's called up in the mind. The more something…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-mazzucchelli/every-memory-no-matter-how-remote-its-subject-takes-place-now-at-the/) [David Mazzucchelli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-mazzucchelli/) > [Me? I like wearing a condom. It means I'm having sex. I already spend most of my time NOT wearing one. It's like a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-mazzucchelli/me-i-like-wearing-a-condom-it-means-i-m-having-sex-i-already-spend/) [David Mazzucchelli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-mazzucchelli/) > [Life is stressful,dear. That's why they say "rest in peace.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-mazzucchelli/life-is-stressful-dear-that-s-why-they-say-rest-in-peace/) [David Mazzucchelli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-mazzucchelli/) > [But why must choices always lie along a linear spectrum with two poles instead of say among a sphere of possibilities](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-mazzucchelli/but-why-must-choices-always-lie-along-a-linear-spectrum-with-two/) [David Mazzucchelli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-mazzucchelli/) > [“Svako sjećanje , koliko god mu sadržaj dalek, događa se ''sada'', u trenutku kad ga um prizove. Što se češće prisjećamo, to um ima…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-mazzucchelli/svako-sje-anje-koliko-god-mu-sadr-aj-dalek-doga-a-se-sada-u-trenutku/) [David Mazzucchelli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-mazzucchelli/) > [The way the function dictates the form... elegant lines... nothing extraneous... this shoe perfectly expresses the essence of shoeness.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-mazzucchelli/the-way-the-function-dictates-the-form-elegant-lines-nothing/) [David Mazzucchelli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-mazzucchelli/) > [At Marvel, I was lucky enough to work with really talented people, but I always had this nagging thought: 'One day I'll write my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-mazzucchelli/at-marvel-i-was-lucky-enough-to-work-with-really-talented-people-but/) [David Mazzucchelli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-mazzucchelli/) > [How can we call death-about which we know nothing- the opposite of life, when we barely comprehend life itself?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-mazzucchelli/how-can-we-call-death-about-which-we-know-nothing-the-opposite-of/) [David Mazzucchelli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-mazzucchelli/) > [“How can i hope to succeed when surrounded by flaccid imaginations and puny minds when my head.. My head is filled with NIETZCHE?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-mazzucchelli/how-can-i-hope-to-succeed-when-surrounded-by-flaccid-imaginations-and/) [David Mazzucchelli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-mazzucchelli/) > [“Anything that's not functional is merely decorative.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-mazzucchelli/anything-that-s-not-functional-is-merely-decorative/) [David Mazzucchelli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-mazzucchelli/) > [“Me? I like wearing a condom. It means I'm having sex. I already spend most of my time NOT wearing one. It's like a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-mazzucchelli/me-i-like-wearing-a-condom-it-means-i-m-having-sex-i-already-spend-2/) [David Mazzucchelli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-mazzucchelli/) > [To live (as I understand it) is to exist within a conception of time. 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I thought about the reason…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-mazzucchelli/i-remember-that-charles-schulz-at-the-end-of-his-life-had-eyes-full/) [David Mazzucchelli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-mazzucchelli/) > [“So...what are you working on now?" “Right now, an essay about Don Quixote.” “One of my favorite books.” “Mine too.” “What’s the gist?” “It…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-mazzucchelli/so-what-are-you-working-on-now-right-now-an-essay-about-don-quixote/) [David Mazzucchelli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-mazzucchelli/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cervantes-wrote/david-mazzucchelli/#itemlist", "name": "1 Cervantes Wrote Quotes By David Mazzucchelli", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“So...what are you working on now?\" “Right now, an essay about Don Quixote.” “One of my favorite books.” “Mine too.” “What’s the gist?” “It has to do with the authorship of the books.” “Is there any question?” “I mean the book inside the book Cervantes wrote, the one he imagined he was writing.” “Ah.” “Cervantes claims he is not the author, that the original text was in Arabic.” “Right. 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