2 Quotes by Fernando Sorrentino

If a cat were to give birth in an oven, would you call what she gave birth to kittens or bread?

I think it is highly likely that – with some differences – everything has already been written. But the fact is that, in literature, the what doesn’t matter: what matters is how. Originality in literature does exist, and we can find it – basically and maybe exclusively – in how we write, not what we write about.