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Italo Calvino

Italo Calvino

Italian Journalist

Born: Oct 15, 1923

Died: Sep 19, 1985

Books Every Me Think Writing You

Related authors: Ernesto Teodoro Moneta Giovanni Guareschi Giovanni Papini Loretta Napoleoni Luigi Barzini Oriana Fallaci Renata Adler

I write by hand, making many, many corrections. I would say I cross out more than I write. I have to hunt for words when I speak, and I have the same difficulty when writing. Italo Calvino

Writing Words Speak Difficulty Say Corrections Hunt Out Would Cross More Write Making Hand Than Same Many

Writers divide into those who write biting their nails and those who don't. Some writers write licking their finger. Italo Calvino

Those Biting Licking Some Finger Divide Write Writers Nails Who

Now you mustn't think that I don't have any ideas for novels in my head. I've got ideas for ten novels in my head. But with every idea I have, I already foresee the wrong novels I would write, because I also have critical ideas in my head; I've got a full theory of the perfect novel, and that's what stumps me. Italo Calvino

Every time I've had to do journalistic investigations, I've cursed, but later I discovered that it had helped me enormously with writing fiction. It's the one thing that can save me from becoming an academic writer. Italo Calvino

I do not understand how you can associate abortion with an idea of hedonism or the good life. Italo Calvino

Life Good You Abortion Good Life Idea Understand How Associate

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