One writes fables in periods of oppression. Italo Calvino fableoppressionperiod Change image and share on social
Writers divide into those who write biting their nails and those who don't. Some writers write licking their finger. Italo Calvino bitedividefinger Change image and share on social
Good literature can be created only with something that is different from literature. Italo Calvino creategoodliterature Change image and share on social
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 authorcharactercult Change image and share on social
The more enlightened our houses are, the more their walls ooze ghosts. Italo Calvino enlightenghosthouse Change image and share on social
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 channeldistortfeel Change image and share on social
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 academiccursediscover share on social
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 clearheadidea Change image and share on social
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 bookchanceclassic share on social
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 boredrawerfind share on social