Best Italo Calvino Thoughts
- Politics is marginal, but literature moves along by indirection. Along
- An exotic birthplace on its own is not informative of anything. Birthplace
- For the critic, the author does not exist; only a certain number of writings exist. Author
- I will revolutionise art and the world. Hurrah! Art
- I was born in Cuba, and my parents were tropical agronomists. Born
- My university work was not central to my education. Central
- A tale is born from an image, and the image extends and creates a network of meanings that are always equivocal. Born
- Every day I tell myself that reading newspapers is a waste of time, but then... I cannot do without them. They are like a drug. Day
- Rarely does an interviewer ask questions you did not expect. I have given a lot of interviews, and I have concluded that the questions always… Alike
- Sometimes I try to concentrate on the story I would like to write, and I realize that what interests me is something else entirely, or,… Anything Precise
- Thoughtful lightness can make frivolity seem dull and heavy. Dull
- One writes fables in periods of oppression. Fables
- New York is a fabled city, a fabulous city. City
- I spend 12 hours a day reading on most days of the year. Day
- Good literature can be created only with something that is different from literature. Created
- I have never loved any writer as much as Hemingway. Any
- I read Freud because I find him an excellent writer... a writer of police thrillers that can be followed with great passion. Excellent
- I write by hand, making many, many corrections. I would say I cross out more than I write. I have to hunt for words when… Corrections
- How much energy is wasted in Italy in trying to write the novel that obeys all the rules. The energy might have been useful to… All
- Personally, I believe in fiction because the stories I like are those with a beginning and an end. Beginning
- A quarter of America is a dramatic, tense, violent country, exploding with contradictions, full of brutal, physiological vitality, and that is the America that I… America
- The Classics are those books which constitute a treasured experience for those who have read and loved them; but they remain just as rich an… Best
- Classics are books which, the more we think we know them through hearsay, the more original, unexpected, and innovative we find them when we actually… Actually Read
- A classic is a work which persists as a background noise even when a present that is totally incompatible with it holds sway. Background
- Bringing a child into the world makes sense only if this child is wanted consciously and freely by its two parents. If it is not,… Animal
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