Traveling, you realize that differences are lost: each city takes to resembling all cities, places exchange their form, order, distances, a shapeless dust cloud invades the continents. Italo Calvino citycloudcontinent Change image and share on social
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 correctioncrossdifficulty Change image and share on social
Although I am small, ugly and dirty, I am highly ambitious, and at the slightest flattery, I immediately start to strut like a turkey. Italo Calvino ambitiousdirtyflattery Change image and share on social
In 'Cosmicomics,' I came close to science fiction - I was inspired by cosmological subjects and the workings of the universe and invented a character who was a sort of witness to everything that was happening inside the solar system. Italo Calvino characterclosecosmicomics share on social
The human race is a zone of living things that should be defined by tracing its confines. Italo Calvino confinedefinehuman Change image and share on social
Of course, I'm of the generation that grew up with Hemingway and Faulkner as strong influences. Italo Calvino faulknergenerationgrow Change image and share on social
In love, as in gluttony, pleasure is a matter of the utmost precision. Italo Calvino gluttonylovematter Change image and share on social
Classics are books which, the more we think we know them through hearsay, the more original, unexpected, and innovative we find them when we actually read them. Italo Calvino bookclassicfind Change image and share on social
I read Freud because I find him an excellent writer... a writer of police thrillers that can be followed with great passion. Italo Calvino excellentfindfreud Change image and share on social
I'm a regular guy; I like well-defined outlines. I'm old-fashioned, bourgeois. Italo Calvino bourgeoisdefinefashion Change image and share on social
