Antonio Tabucchi Quotes - Page 2

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• My job is to look at what politics is doing, not be a politician myself.

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  Jobs, Looks, Politics

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• I was born in the Second World War during the Nazi invasion of my country.

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  Country, War, World

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• The most important basis of any novel is wanting to be someone else, and this means creating a character.

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  Character, Mean, Creating

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• Literature for me isn't a workaday job, but something which involves desires, dreams and fantasy.

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  Dream, Jobs, Desire

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• I don't want to promote my own image either. I don't like going on television or mixing in literary circles.

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  Circles, Mixing, Television

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• In a novel, my feelings and sense of outrage can find a broader means of expression which would be more symbolic and applicable to many European countries.

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  Country, Mean, Expression

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• But I don't think I have any particular talent for prediction, because when you have three or four elements in hand, you don't have to be a genius to reach certain conclusions.

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  Thinking, Hands, Four Elements

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• People with lots of doubts sometimes find life more oppressive and exhausting than others, but they're more energetic - they aren't robots.

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  People, Doubt, Robots

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• My books are about losers, about people who've lost their way and are engaged in a search.

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  Book, People, Engagement

  "Antonio Tabucchi: A Committed Doubter". Interview with Asbel Lopez, UNESCO Courier, November 1999.

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• No, I'm happy to go on living the life I've chosen. I'm a university teacher and I like my job.

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  Life, Teacher, Jobs

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