It is what we are forced to do that forms our character, not what we do of our own free will. — Alberto Moravia Copy Share Image
Loyalty, Signor Molteni, not love. Penelope is loyal to Ulysses but we do not know how far she loved him...and as you know people can sometimes be absolutely loyal without loving. In certain cases, in fact, loyalty is form of… — 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
