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Italo Calvino Quotes

Italian - Journalist | October 15, 1923 - September 19, 1985

The more enlightened our houses are, the more their walls ooze ghosts.

Walls More Ghosts Our Houses

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.

Knowledge World Better Him Forced

I detest this contemporary trend to destroy the traditional hierarchy of genres.

Hierarchy Destroy Trend Contemporary

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.

Political Party Political Party Who

I'm terrified of writing at night, for then I can't sleep. So I start slowly, slowly writing in the morning and go on into the late afternoon.

Morning Sleep Writing Night Start

Reading is a possession, a march toward a possession.

Reading March Possession Toward

I'm afraid I don't think I really have a life on which something can be written.

Life Think Afraid Something Really

I am more and more convinced that literature is made up of works, genres, schools, discussions, problems, collective work in order to solve certain problems.

Work I Am Problems Literature More

I'm a Communist, fully convinced and dedicated to my cause.

Communist Cause Dedicated Convinced

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.

Life Say Head Something Clear Idea

Nature in America does not arouse powerful emotions in me.

Nature Me America Powerful Emotions

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.

Today Politics Society Think Reality

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