“I write by hand, making many, many corrections. I would say I cross ou...” — Italo Calvino Quote

“I write by hand, making many, many corrections. I would say I cross out more than I write. I have to hunt for words when I speak, and I have the same difficulty when writing.”

“What is more natural than that a solidity, a complicity, a bond should be established between Reader and Reader, thanks to the book?”

“How much energy is wasted in Italy in trying to write the novel that obeys all the rules. The energy might have been useful to provide us with more modest, more genuine things, that had less pretensions: short stories, memoirs, notes, testimonials, or at any rate, books that are open, without a preconceived plan.”

“If someone doesn't know their Old Testament, they don't know right doctrine, right correction, and they can't be equipped for good works.”

“We never let go. Ever. Even with punctuation. It's frightening. I can't see anyone from any record company ever writing an email to Neil and not getting it back, with corrections.”

“All the science fiction I loved as a kid was holding up a mirror to society and warning us about the need for course correction.”