“The dark realization came to him that a difficult and miserable age had begun for him, and he couldn't imagine when it would end. [Puberty]” — Alberto Moravia Copy Share Image
When I sit at my table to write, I never know what it's going to be until I'm under way. I trust in inspiration,… — Alberto Moravia Copy Share Image
This thought strengthened in me my belief that all men, without exception, deserve to be pitied, if only because they are alive. — Alberto Moravia Copy Share Image
Every true writer is like a bird; he repeats the same song, the same theme, all his life. For me, this theme as always… — Alberto Moravia Copy Share Image
And we all know love is a glass which makes even a monster appear fascinating. — Alberto Moravia Copy Share Image
...my boredom might be described as a malady affecting external objects and consisting of a withering process; an almost instantaneous loss of vitality--just as… — Alberto Moravia Copy Share Image
Good writers are monotonous, like good composers. They keep trying to perfect the one problem they were born to understand. — Alberto Moravia Copy Share Image
The novel as we knew it in the nineteenth century was killed off by Proust and Joyce. — Alberto Moravia Copy Share Image
You can't think on purpose about somebody or something. Either you think about them naturally or you don't think at all. — Alberto Moravia Copy Share Image
I do not foresee a time when I shall feel that I have nothing to say. — Alberto Moravia Copy Share Image
“I gave up the unequal struggle against what appeared to be in my fate, indeed, I welcomed it with more affection. As one embraces… — Alberto Moravia Copy Share Image
Yes, one uses what one knows, but autobiography means something else. I should never be able to write a real autobiography; I always end… — Alberto Moravia Copy Share Image
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