Antonio Tabucchi

It's the job of intellectuals and writers to cast doubt on perfection.

Doubts are like stains on a shirt. I like shirts with stains, because when I'm given a shirt that's too clean, one that's completely white, I immediately start having doubts.

There are some fundamental values it's impossible to be wrong about.

When I do my makeup, it kind of helps me get into the character that I'm trying to portray.

We define ourselves as intelligent. That's odd, because we're doing the definition - We're creating our own definition and saying, 'We are intelligent!'

The judge said I was a menace to society because I had put crime on a scientific basis.