“How does a person feel when looking at the sky? He thinks that he does...” — Umberto Eco Quote

“How does a person feel when looking at the sky? He thinks that he doesn't have enough tongues to describe what he sees. Nevertheless, people have never stopping describing the sky, simply listing what they see.”

“Berlusconi is a genius in communication. Otherwise, he would never have become so rich.”

“Entering a novel is like going on a climb in the mountains: You have to learn the rhythms of respiration - acquire the pace. Otherwise you stop right away.”

“The word inventors have to create a new term to describe how I felt when I learned that 'Refund' was on the shortlist for the Frank O'Connor International Story prize - Excited, thrilled, honored, none of them quite do it.”

“I would still describe China as a vast, invigorating puzzle that will never make sense to my western upbringing.”

“I describe myself as a human being.”