Writers divide into those who write biting their nails and those who don't. Some writers write licking their finger.
Man is simply the best chance we know of that matter has had of providing itself with information about itself.
Without translation, I would be limited to the borders of my own country. The translator is my most important ally. He introduces me to the world.
I'm terrified of writing at night, for then I can't sleep. So I start slowly, slowly writing in the morning and go on into the late afternoon.
Turin is a city which entices a writer towards vigor, linearity, style. It encourages logic, and through logic it opens the way towards madness.
A human being becomes human not through the casual convergence of certain biological conditions, but through an act of will and love on the part of other people.