Antonio Tabucchi
Antonio Tabucchi
Antonio Tabucchiwas an Italian writer and academic who taught Portuguese language and literature at the University of Siena, Italy...
NationalityItalian
ProfessionWriter
Date of Birth23 September 1943
CountryItaly
Antonio Tabucchi quotes about
people doubt robots
People with lots of doubts sometimes find life more oppressive and exhausting than others, but they're more energetic - they aren't robots.
people satisfying
I don't go for people who lead full and satisfying lives.
rights doubt lists
I don't have any doubts either about the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Perhaps some more should be added to the list, but I don't have the slightest doubt about human rights.
circles television want
I don't want to promote my own image either. I don't like going on television or mixing in literary circles.
insomnia anaesthesia
I prefer insomnia to anaesthesia.
country war world
I was born in the Second World War during the Nazi invasion of my country.
family home family-and-friends
I live quietly at home among my family and friends.
forced glimpse image italian-writer lives manage others people themselves whether
I don't know whether these people are going to find themselves, but as they live their lives they have no choice but to face up to the image others have of them. They're forced to look at themselves in a mirror, and they often manage to glimpse something of themselves.
italian-writer life
We all want to be someone else but without ceasing to be ourselves. I think it's very important to defend this idea in real life too.