75 Quotes by 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.

Doubts are like stains on a shirt. I like shirts with stains, because when I'm given a shirt that's too clean, one that's completely white, I immediately start having doubts.

I live quietly at home among my family and friends.

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

We all want to be someone else but without ceasing to be ourselves. I think it's very important to defend this idea in real life too.

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

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.

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.

Eco sees the intellectual as an organizer of culture, someone who can run a magazine or a museum. An administrator, in fact. I think this is a melancholy situation for an intellectual.