Quotes by Calvino, Italo

When politicians and politically minded people pay too much attention >>

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

What Romantic terminology called genius or talent or inspiration is no >>

Quotations about Anecdotes

Twenty or thirty years ago, in the army, we had a lot of obscure adven >>

To have frequent recourse to narrative betrays great want of imaginati >>

It is not the voice that commands the story: it is the ear. >>

It is not the voice that commands the story: it is the ear.

Calvino, Italo