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Italo Calvino Quotes

I have spent more time with other people’s books than with my own. I do not regret it Picture Quote #1

I’m terrified of writing at night, for then I can’t sleep. So I start slowly, slowly writing in the morning and go on into the late afternoon Picture Quote #1

Turin is a city which entices a writer towards vigor, linearity, style. It encourages logic, and through logic it opens the way towards madness Picture Quote #1

I would very much like to be one of those writers who have something really clear in their head to say, and throughout their life they promote this idea in their works Picture Quote #1

…we can not love or think except in fragments of time each of which goes along its own trajectory and immediately disappears Picture Quote #1

Of course, I’m of the generation that grew up with Hemingway and Faulkner as strong influences Picture Quote #1

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When politicians and politically minded people pay too much attention to literature, it is a bad sign - a bad sign mostly for literature. But it is also a bad sign when they don’t want to hear the word mentioned Picture Quote #1

The novels that attract me most... are those that create an illusion of transperancy around a knot of human relationships as obscure, cruel and perverse as possible Picture Quote #1

There is still one of which you never speak.’ Marco Polo bowed his head. ‘Venice,’ the Khan said. Marco smiled. ‘What else do you believe I have been talking to you about?’ The emperor did not turn a hair. ‘And yet I have never heard you mention that name.’ And Polo said: ‘Every time I describe a city I am saying something about Venice Picture Quote #1

It is only through the confining act of writing that the immensity of the nonwritten becomes legible Picture Quote #1

I write... sonnets... and writing sonnets is boring. You have to find rhymes; you have to write hendecasyllables; so after a while, I get bored and my drawer is overflowing with unfinished short poems Picture Quote #1

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 provide us with more modest, more genuine things, that had less pretensions: short stories, memoirs, notes, testimonials, or at any rate, books that are open, without a preconceived plan Picture Quote #1

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Every time I’ve had to do journalistic investigations, I’ve cursed, but later I discovered that it had helped me enormously with writing fiction. It’s the one thing that can save me from becoming an academic writer Picture Quote #1

It’s better not to know authors personally, because the real person never corresponds to the image you form of him from reading his books Picture Quote #1

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, then it is simply animal and criminal behavior Picture Quote #1

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 look alike. I could always give the same answers Picture Quote #1

Every morning I tell myself, ‘Today has to be productive’ - and then something happens that prevents me from writing Picture Quote #1

The public figure of the writer, the writer-character, the ‘personality-cult’ of the author, are all becoming for me more and more intolerable in others, and consequently in myself Picture Quote #1

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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 experience for those who reserve the chance to read them for when they are in the best condition to enjoy them Picture Quote #1

I am more and more convinced that literature is made up of works, genres, schools, discussions, problems, collective work in order to solve certain problems Picture Quote #1

Having exhausted every possibility at the moment when he was coming full circle, Antonino realised that photographing photographs was the only course that he had left - or, rather, the true course he had obscurely been seeking all this time. (Last line of the story The Adventure of a Photographer ) Picture Quote #1

My stories are full of facts; they have a beginning and an end. For that reason, they will never... occupy a place in contemporary literature Picture Quote #1

Now you mustn’t think that I don’t have any ideas for novels in my head. I’ve got ideas for ten novels in my head. But with every idea I have, I already foresee the wrong novels I would write, because I also have critical ideas in my head; I’ve got a full theory of the perfect novel, and that’s what stumps me Picture Quote #1

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 I speak, and I have the same difficulty when writing Picture Quote #1

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I think today that politics registers very late things which society manifests through other channels, and I feel that often politics distorts and mystifies reality Picture Quote #1

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 have really loved and love. But a good half of it is a country of boredom, emptiness, monotony, brainless production, and brainless consumption, and this is the American inferno Picture Quote #1

Every time I must find something to do that will look like something a little beyond my capabilities Picture Quote #1

Writers divide into those who write biting their nails and those who don’t. Some writers write licking their finger Picture Quote #1

I read Freud because I find him an excellent writer... a writer of police thrillers that can be followed with great passion Picture Quote #1

A classic is a book that has never finished saying what it has to say Picture Quote #1

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I have spent more time with other people’s books than with my own. I do not regret it (Italo Calvino Quotes) I’m terrified of writing at night, for then I can’t sleep. So I start slowly, slowly writing in the morning and go on into the late afternoon (Italo Calvino Quotes) Turin is a city which entices a writer towards vigor, linearity, style. It encourages logic, and through logic it opens the way towards madness (Italo Calvino Quotes) I would very much like to be one of those writers who have something really clear in their head to say, and throughout their life they promote this idea in their works (Italo Calvino Quotes) …we can not love or think except in fragments of time each of which goes along its own trajectory and immediately disappears (Italo Calvino Quotes) Of course, I’m of the generation that grew up with Hemingway and Faulkner as strong influences (Italo Calvino Quotes) When politicians and politically minded people pay too much attention to literature, it is a bad sign - a bad sign mostly for literature. But it is also a bad sign when they don’t want to hear the word mentioned (Italo Calvino Quotes) The novels that attract me most... are those that create an illusion of transperancy around a knot of human relationships as obscure, cruel and perverse as possible (Italo Calvino Quotes) There is still one of which you never speak.’ Marco Polo bowed his head. ‘Venice,’ the Khan said. Marco smiled. ‘What else do you believe I have been talking to you about?’ The emperor did not turn a hair. ‘And yet I have never heard you mention that name.’ And Polo said: ‘Every time I describe a city I am saying something about Venice (Italo Calvino Quotes) It is only through the confining act of writing that the immensity of the nonwritten becomes legible (Italo Calvino Quotes) I write... sonnets... and writing sonnets is boring. You have to find rhymes; you have to write hendecasyllables; so after a while, I get bored and my drawer is overflowing with unfinished short poems (Italo Calvino Quotes) 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 provide us with more modest, more genuine things, that had less pretensions: short stories, memoirs, notes, testimonials, or at any rate, books that are open, without a preconceived plan (Italo Calvino Quotes) Every time I’ve had to do journalistic investigations, I’ve cursed, but later I discovered that it had helped me enormously with writing fiction. It’s the one thing that can save me from becoming an academic writer (Italo Calvino Quotes) It’s better not to know authors personally, because the real person never corresponds to the image you form of him from reading his books. (Italo Calvino Quotes) 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, then it is simply animal and criminal behavior. (Italo Calvino Quotes) 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 look alike. I could always give the same answers. (Italo Calvino Quotes) Every morning I tell myself, ‘Today has to be productive’ - and then something happens that prevents me from writing. (Italo Calvino Quotes) The public figure of the writer, the writer-character, the ‘personality-cult’ of the author, are all becoming for me more and more intolerable in others, and consequently in myself. (Italo Calvino Quotes) 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 experience for those who reserve the chance to read them for when they are in the best condition to enjoy them. (Italo Calvino Quotes) I am more and more convinced that literature is made up of works, genres, schools, discussions, problems, collective work in order to solve certain problems. (Italo Calvino Quotes) Having exhausted every possibility at the moment when he was coming full circle, Antonino realised that photographing photographs was the only course that he had left - or, rather, the true course he had obscurely been seeking all this time. (Last line of the story The Adventure of a Photographer ) (Italo Calvino Quotes) My stories are full of facts; they have a beginning and an end. For that reason, they will never... occupy a place in contemporary literature. (Italo Calvino Quotes) Now you mustn’t think that I don’t have any ideas for novels in my head. I’ve got ideas for ten novels in my head. But with every idea I have, I already foresee the wrong novels I would write, because I also have critical ideas in my head; I’ve got a full theory of the perfect novel, and that’s what stumps me. (Italo Calvino Quotes) 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 I speak, and I have the same difficulty when writing. (Italo Calvino Quotes) I think today that politics registers very late things which society manifests through other channels, and I feel that often politics distorts and mystifies reality. (Italo Calvino Quotes) 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 have really loved and love. But a good half of it is a country of boredom, emptiness, monotony, brainless production, and brainless consumption, and this is the American inferno. (Italo Calvino Quotes) Every time I must find something to do that will look like something a little beyond my capabilities. (Italo Calvino Quotes) Writers divide into those who write biting their nails and those who don’t. Some writers write licking their finger. (Italo Calvino Quotes) I read Freud because I find him an excellent writer... a writer of police thrillers that can be followed with great passion. (Italo Calvino Quotes) A classic is a book that has never finished saying what it has to say (Italo Calvino Quotes)

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