Italian - Writer | September 24, 1943 - March 25, 2012
My job is to look at what politics is doing, not be a politician myself.
Antonio Tabucchi
MyselfPoliticsJobDoingLook
No, I'm happy to go on living the life I've chosen. I'm a university teacher and I like my job.
LifeTeacherJobHappyGoLiving
People with lots of doubts sometimes find life more oppressive and exhausting than others, but they're more energetic - they aren't robots.
LifePeopleFindRobotsSometimes
Perfection spawns doctrines, dictators and totalitarian ideas.
PerfectionIdeasDictatorsDoctrines
The most important basis of any novel is wanting to be someone else, and this means creating a character.
CharacterSomeoneCreatingImportant
The salt of any interesting civilization is mixture.
InterestingSaltCivilizationMixture
There are some fundamental values it's impossible to be wrong about.
ImpossibleValuesWrongSomeAbout
We all want to be someone else but without ceasing to be ourselves. I think it's very important to defend this idea in real life too.
LifeThinkSomeoneImportantWant
When you have a foreign invasion - in this case by the Indonesian army - writers, intellectuals, newspapers and magazines are the first targets of repression.
ArmyYouFirstMagazinesNewspapers
Xenophobia manifests itself especially against civilizations and cultures that are weak because they lack economic resources, means of subsistence or land. So nomadic people are the first targets of this kind of aggression.
PeopleKindLandFirstResources
Copyright © 2024 QuotesDict Antonio Tabucchi quotes