Antonio Tabucchi Quotes

My books are about losers, about people who've lost their way and are engaged in a search. - Antonio Tabucchi

Literature is my life of course, but from an ontological point of view. From an existential point of view, I like being a teacher. - Antonio Tabucchi

Literature for me isn't a workaday job, but something which involves desires, dreams and fantasy. - Antonio Tabucchi

I've always been drawn to tormented people full of contradictions. - Antonio Tabucchi

It's very useful when politicians have doubts because there are so many choices to be made in the world. - Antonio Tabucchi

It's the job of intellectuals and writers to cast doubt on perfection. - Antonio Tabucchi

In a novel, my feelings and sense of outrage can find a broader means of expression which would be more symbolic and applicable to many European countries. - Antonio Tabucchi

I was born in the Second World War during the Nazi invasion of my country. - Antonio Tabucchi

I vividly remember the stories my grandfather told me about the carnage of the First World War, which people tend to forget was one of the worst massacres in human history. - Antonio Tabucchi

I prefer insomnia to anaesthesia. - Antonio Tabucchi

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