Italian - Novelist | January 5, 1932 - February 19, 2016
I think of myself as a serious professor who, during the weekend, writes novels.
Umberto Eco
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At a certain moment, I decided to write a story. I had no more small children to tell them stories.
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When one starts writing a book, especially a novel, even the humblest person in the world hopes to become Homer.
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To read a paper book is another experience: you can do it on a ship, on the branch of a tree, on your bed, even if there is a blackout.
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Even today, I frequently meet scientists who, outside their own narrow discipline, are superstitious.
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I have lost the freedom of not having an opinion.
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I love the secrecy of writing fiction. When I write a novel, I don't tell anybody what I'm doing. I'm living in my private world. And it's a great sensation.
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I like nicotine because it excites my brain and helps me work.
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If people buy my books for vanity, I consider it a tax on idiocy.
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The problem with the Internet is that it gives you everything - reliable material and crazy material. So the problem becomes, how do you discriminate?
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The function of memory is not only to preserve, but also to throw away. If you remembered everything from your entire life, you would be sick.
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We invented the car, and it made it easier for us to crash and die. If I gave a car to my grandfather, he would die in five minutes, while I have grown up slowly to accept speed.
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