Top 34 Quotes by Antonio Tabucchi

I vividly remember the stories my grandfather told me about the carnage of the First World War, which people tend to forget was one of the worst massacres in human history.

Literature is my life of course, but from an ontological point of view. From an existential point of view, I like being a teacher.

The salt of any interesting civilization is mixture.

As a writer, I've always been interested in others.

I don't have any doubts either about the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Perhaps some more should be added to the list, but I don't have the slightest doubt about human rights.

I prefer insomnia to anaesthesia.

I don't go for people who lead full and satisfying lives.

I don't want to promote my own image either. I don't like going on television or mixing in literary circles.

I live quietly at home among my family and friends.

Like a blazing comet, I've traversed infinite nights, interstellar spaces of the imagination, voluptuousness and fear.