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
I don't believe chance can play a role in my literature. Italo Calvino chanceliteratureplay Change image and share on social
I was born in Cuba, and my parents were tropical agronomists. Italo Calvino agronomistbearcuba Change image and share on social
I do not have any political commitments anymore. I'm politically a total agnostic; I'm one of the few writers in Italy who refuses to be identified with a specific political party. Italo Calvino agnosticanymorecommitment Change image and share on social
The satirist is prevented by repulsion from gaining a better knowledge of the world he is attracted to, yet he is forced by attraction to concern himself with the world that repels him. Italo Calvino attractattractionconcern Change image and share on social
The catalogue of forms is endless: until every shape has found its city, new cities will continue to be born. When the forms exhaust their variety and come apart, the end of cities begins. Italo Calvino bearbegincatalogue 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
The writer is someone who tears himself to pieces in order to liberate his neighbor. Italo Calvino liberateneighbororder Change image and share on social
An exotic birthplace on its own is not informative of anything. Italo Calvino birthplaceexoticinformative Change image and share on social
What Romantic terminology called genius or talent or inspiration is nothing other than finding the right road empirically, following one's nose, taking shortcuts. Italo Calvino callempiricallyfind Change image and share on social
