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

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

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

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

The future is created through memory.

- 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

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

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

- Dacia Maraini

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

- Dacia Maraini