Top 25 Quotes by Antonio Tabucchi of 35 - Page 2

I don't have any doubts either about the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Perhaps some more should be added to the list, but I don't have the slightest doubt about human rights.

I don't have any doubts either about the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Perhaps some more should be added to the list, but I don't have the slightest doubt about human rights.

Antonio Tabucchi

Rights, Doubt, Lists

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

Antonio Tabucchi

Country, War, World

The most important basis of any novel is wanting to be someone else, and this means creating a character.

Antonio Tabucchi

Character, Mean, Creating

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

Antonio Tabucchi

Dream, Jobs, Desire

I don't want to promote my own image either. I don't like going on television or mixing in literary circles.

Antonio Tabucchi

Circles, Mixing, Television

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

Country, Mean, Expression

People with lots of doubts sometimes find life more oppressive and exhausting than others, but they're more energetic - they aren't robots.

Antonio Tabucchi

People, Doubt, Robots

But I don't think I have any particular talent for prediction, because when you have three or four elements in hand, you don't have to be a genius to reach certain conclusions.

Antonio Tabucchi

Thinking, Hands, Four Elements