Alberto Moravia Quotes

Biography: Alberto Moravia is known for being a prominent Italian novelist and jo... more Biography: Alberto Moravia is known for being a prominent Italian novelist and journalist. Born in Rome in 1907, he gained fame for his works exploring existentialism, alienation, and social upheaval, with notable novels such as "The Time of Indifference" and "The Conformist." His prolific career also included essays, plays, and film criticism. less

"A writer often needs he has been untrue to himself in the process of writing.""A wrong is unredressed when retribution overtakes its redresser.""When you aren't sincere you need to pretend, and by pretending you limit reality.""Every true writer is like a bird; he repeats the same song, the same way, in a different tree.""A writer survives on his weaknesses and gets killed by his strengths.""We all have a contract with reality that’s bound by trust; the less realistic our ideals are, the more we tend to misinterpret our surroundings.""The more clear an idea is, the more surely it is based on confusion.""Luck doesn't change, only our perspective of it does.""We are everlastingly in the world of objects; worse than that, we are objectified in objects. Humanity has become a production of artificial experiences and sensations.""In life there are no problems, there are only solutions. The soul grows strong because of its struggles.""Our ideals, laws, and customs should be based on the proposition that each generation in turn becomes the custodian rather than the absolute owner of our resources."

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