“The author may not interpret. But he must tell why and how he wrote hi...” — Umberto Eco Quote

“The author may not interpret. But he must tell why and how he wrote his book.”

“The function of memory is not only to preserve, but also to throw away. If you remembered everything from your entire life, you would be sick.”

“I developed a passion for the Middle Ages the same way some people develop a passion for coconuts.”

“In the works of man, everything is as poor as its author; vision is confined, means are limited, scope is restricted, movements are labored, and results are humdrum.”

“I think you get into trouble as an author and a journalist when, rather than owning the gaps, you try to elide them.”

“Have you ever observed that we pay much more attention to a wise passage when it is quoted than when we read it in the original author?”