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- Politics is the enemy of the imagination.
- But what really happened? The answer is simple: the lovers survive and flourish.
- Narrative tension is primarily about withholding information,
- What is lawful is not always identical to what is right.
- Be wary of too much calm, particularly in your mid-fifties.
- She loved him, though not at this particular moment.
- There are ways in which art can have a longer reach than politics...
- Could it ever be explained, how matter becomes conscious?
- I'm quite good at not writing.
- I've yet to meet somebody who said, 'Your stories are so revolting I couldn't read them.'
- If I could write the perfect novella I would die happy.
- In my experience an appreciative letter from a fellow writer means a lot.
- One has to have the courage of one's pessimism.
- What is it precisely, that feeling of 'returning' from a poem? Something is lighter, softer, larger - then it fades, but never completely.
- Not being boring is quite a challenge.
- True intelligence requires fabulous imagination.
- I actually find novels that are determined to be funny at every turn quite oppressive.
- I don't hold grudges.
- I don't really believe in evil at all.
- I often don't read reviews.
- That love which does not build a foundation on good sense is doomed.
- Not everything people did could be in a correct, logical order, especially when they were alone.
- This is how the entire course of a life can be changed: by doing nothing.
- Nothing that can be, can come between me and the full prospect of my hopes.
- How easily this unthinking family love was forgotten.
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- This is the precept by which I have lived: Prepare for the worst; expect the best; and take what comes. — Hannah Arendt
- There are no dangerous thoughts; thinking itself is dangerous. — Hannah Arendt
- Storytelling reveals meaning without committing the error of defining it. — Hannah Arendt
- By its very nature the beautiful is isolated from everything else. From beauty no road leads to reality. — Hannah Arendt
- To be free in an age like ours, one must be in a position of authority. That in itself would be enough… — Hannah Arendt
- Action without a name, a who attached to it, is meaningless. — Hannah Arendt
- These are the fifties, you know. The disgusting, posturing fifties. — Hannah Arendt
- I love you, and because I love you, I would sooner have you hate me for telling you the truth than adore… — Pietro Aretino
- Perugia is my true fatherland because there I grew to manhood. — Pietro Aretino
- I want to do what I want when I want to do it not be dictated to by audiences. — Dario Argento
- I went through a phase where I thought nostalgia was a bad thing. — Dario Argento
- In Italy the censor is very old and there are many judges and psychiatrists who analyse you. — Dario Argento