Character Quote by Alberto Moravia

“It is what we are forced to do that forms our character, not what we do of our own free will.”

Alberto Moravia

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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,…

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This thought strengthened in me my belief that all men, without exception, deserve to be pitied, if only because they are alive.

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Every true writer is like a bird; he repeats the same song, the same theme, all his life. For me, this theme as always…

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And we all know love is a glass which makes even a monster appear fascinating.

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...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…

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A writer survives in spite of his beliefs.

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Good writers are monotonous, like good composers. They keep trying to perfect the one problem they were born to understand.

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The novel as we knew it in the nineteenth century was killed off by Proust and Joyce.

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You can't think on purpose about somebody or something. Either you think about them naturally or you don't think at all.

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I do not foresee a time when I shall feel that I have nothing to say.

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“I gave up the unequal struggle against what appeared to be in my fate, indeed, I welcomed it with more affection. As one embraces…

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Yes, one uses what one knows, but autobiography means something else. I should never be able to write a real autobiography; I always end…

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