Italian - Novelist | January 5, 1932 - February 19, 2016
From lies to forgeries the step is not so long, and I have written technical essays on the logic of forgeries and on the influence of forgeries on history.
Umberto Eco
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Every time that I write a novel I am convinced for at least two years that it is the last one, because a novel is like a child. It takes two years after its birth. You have to take care of it. It starts walking, and then speaking.
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Creativity can only be anarchic, capitalist, Darwinian.
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After years of practice, I can walk into a bookstore and understand its layout in a few seconds. I can glance at the spine of a book and make a good guess at its content from a number of signs.
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It comes down to a question of attention: it's difficult to use the Net distractedly, unlike the television or the radio.
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Perhaps I am not as wise as I like to think I am.
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When I went from being an academic to being a member of the community of writers some of my former colleagues did look on me with a certain resentment.
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I write what I write.
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The most interesting letters I received about 'The Name of the Rose' were from people in the Midwest that maybe didn't understand exactly, but wanted to understand more and who were excited by this picture of a world which was not their own.
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Every European goes on the streets and sees medieval churches. Not if you live in Indianapolis. The most exciting letters I received were from people in places like that.
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Berlusconi is a genius in communication. Otherwise, he would never have become so rich.
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Young people do not watch television; they are on the Internet.
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