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.
From Italo Calvino
I detest this contemporary trend to destroy the traditional hierarchy of genres.
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.
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.
I'm afraid I don't think I really have a life on which something can be written.
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.
I'm a Communist, fully convinced and dedicated to my cause.
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.
Nature in America does not arouse powerful emotions in me.
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.
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