Aging has brought me greater liberty in fiction. When I was young I was harder on myself. I wrote with an idea of absolute seriousness.
Above all else she mustn't think that using her body will help her attain her goal. Men use women who play seductively, and then they look down on th… - Dacia Maraini
Above all else she mustn't think that using her body will help her attain her goal. Men use women who play seductively, and then they look down on th…
- Dacia Maraini
In a novel there's not much autobiography. There are characters in transit. Naturally, I can project something of my experiences onto the characters,… - Dacia Maraini
In a novel there's not much autobiography. There are characters in transit. Naturally, I can project something of my experiences onto the characters,…
Characters simply come and find me. They sit down, I offer them a coffee. They tell me their story and then they almost always leave. When a characte… - Dacia Maraini
Characters simply come and find me. They sit down, I offer them a coffee. They tell me their story and then they almost always leave. When a characte…
To leave a book is like leaving the better part of oneself. - Dacia Maraini
To leave a book is like leaving the better part of oneself.
A woman has to demonstrate in every moment to be thirty times better than a man, to gain trust and to be considered. So, she has to be tenacious, com… - Dacia Maraini
A woman has to demonstrate in every moment to be thirty times better than a man, to gain trust and to be considered. So, she has to be tenacious, com…
The future is created through memory. - Dacia Maraini
The future is created through memory.
Falling in love with a story is like falling in love with a person. It tends to occupy your life, your thoughts. You can't do anything else for a lon… - Dacia Maraini
Falling in love with a story is like falling in love with a person. It tends to occupy your life, your thoughts. You can't do anything else for a lon…
The waves have the habit of going forward and then flowing back. - Dacia Maraini
The waves have the habit of going forward and then flowing back.
I dream of continuing to dream. - Dacia Maraini
I dream of continuing to dream.
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