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

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

To leave a book is like leaving the better part of oneself.

- 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…

- Dacia Maraini

The waves have the habit of going forward and then flowing back.

- Dacia Maraini

I dream of continuing to dream.

- Dacia Maraini

The future is created through memory.

- Dacia Maraini

Friendship is a form of love. In fact, you don't know how it starts or why. It is subject to the caprices of time. It can grow or die without a reaso…

- Dacia Maraini