Antonio Tabucchi Quotes

The most important basis of any novel is wanting to be someone else, and this means creating a character.

Antonio Tabucchi

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: italian
  • Birth: September 24, 1943 - March 25, 2012

Topics

CharacterSomeoneCreatingImportant

I adore John Mayer. I don't see how anything that surrounds John could be negative.

Jessica Simpson

NegativeSeeAnythingAdoreHow

Risk takes on a lot of different forms, be it financial, the draft slot, something physical.

Jerry Jones

FinancialRiskSomethingDifferent

Since I was 15 I've felt kinda like... an old man.

Michael Cera

ManOld ManOldLikeFeltSince

I can only give away the love that I have received.

John Shelby Spong

LoveI CanAwayGiveOnlyReceived

You lose some, you win some. Nothing wrong with that at all.

Stefan Edberg

WinYouLoseWrongNothingSome

If who you were was entirely based upon the position you were in or the headlines you got in the newspaper, or you had essentially subcontracted out your self-worth to the judgments of others, then you're going to be like tumbleweed. You're going to be blown.

Stanley A. McChrystal

YouSelf-WorthNewspaperOthersOut

I don't think it's a good attitude in your life to feel that you have to be rich to have self-esteem.

Tom Petty

LifeGoodAttitudeRichThinkYou

Is anything worth it?

Mary Boykin Chesnut

WorthWorth ItAnything

I try to update my arsenal constantly. Learning different martial arts since childhood. To understand what's out there. To really be in tune.

Donnie Yen

LearningChildhoodUnderstandTry

'Station to Station' is a series of happenings that go across the landscape. What is a happening? A happening is a moment in time. A moment in time that is not choreographed, where you don't know precisely what's going on. Where there are aspects of different layers of culture.

Doug Aitken

TimeMomentCultureLandscapeYou

It's not my ambition to direct lots of films. I think if I direct one film in my whole life, why rush it?

David Thewlis

LifeAmbitionThinkWhyFilmRush

Any 'artist' makes a living by expressing what others can't - because they're unaware of their feelings, they're too afraid to express those feelings, or they lack the skills to communicate and be understood.

Chuck Palahniuk

ArtistFeelingsSkillsLivingOthers

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