I'm a regular guy; I like well-defined outlines. I'm old-fashioned, bourgeois. Italo Calvino bourgeoisdefinefashion Change image and share on social
The writer is someone who tears himself to pieces in order to liberate his neighbor. Italo Calvino liberateneighbororder Change image and share on social
If the reader looks, I think he will find plenty of moral and political ideas in my stories. Italo Calvino findideamoral Change image and share on social
I have never loved any writer as much as Hemingway. Italo Calvino hemingwaylovewriter Change image and share on social
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 cityencourageentice Change image and 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
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 alikeanswerconclude Change image and share on social
Politics is marginal, but literature moves along by indirection. Italo Calvino indirectionliteraturemarginal Change image and share on social
When I'm writing a book, I prefer not to speak about it, because only when the book is finished can I try to understand what I've really done and to compare my intentions with the result. Italo Calvino bookcomparefinish Change image and share on social
