Quotes by Calvino, Italo

A classic is a book that has never finished saying what it has to say. >>

Biographical data, even those recorded in the public registers, are th >>

Myth is the hidden part of every story, the buried part, the region th >>

Quotations about Fiction

Undermining experience, embellishing experience, rearranging and enlar >>

The traditional novel form continues to enlarge our experience in thos >>

The final test for a novel will be our affection for it, as it is the >>

Novels as dull as dishwater, with the grease of random sentiments floating on top.

Calvino, Italo