“ Every true writer is like a bird; he repeats the same song, the same theme, all his life. For me, this theme as always been revolt. Alberto Moravia
“ In life there are no problems, that is, objective and external choices; there is only the life which we do not resolve as a problem but which we live as an experience, whatever the final result may be… Alberto Moravia
“ When I sit at my table to write, I never know what it's going to be until I'm under way. I trust in inspiration, which sometimes comes and sometimes doesn't. But I don't sit back waiting for it. I wor… Alberto Moravia
“ In life there are no problems, that is, objective and external choices there is only the life which we do not resolve as a problem but which we live as an experience, whatever the final result may be. Alberto Moravia
“ The dark realization came to him that a difficult and miserable age had begun for him, and he couldn't imagine when it would end. [Puberty] Alberto Moravia
“ I felt that the metal of my spirit, like a bar of iron that is softened and bent by a persistent flame, was being gradually softened and bent by the troubles that oppressed it. In spite of myself, I w… Alberto Moravia
“ An uncertain evil causes anxiety because, at the bottom of one's heart, one goes on hoping till the last moment that it may not be true; a certain evil, on the other hand, instills, for a time, a kind… Alberto Moravia
“ I gave up the unequal struggle against what appeared to be in my fate, indeed, I welcomed it with more affection. As one embraces a foe one can't defeat and I felt liberated. Alberto Moravia
“ They say that, if we manage to live without too great an effort, it is entirely owing to the automatism which makes us unconscious of a great part of our movements. In order to take one single step, i… Alberto Moravia
“ When you aren't sincere you need to pretend, and by pretending you end up believing yourself; that's the basic principle of every faith. Alberto Moravia
“ This thought strengthened in me my belief that all men, without exception, deserve to be pitied, if only because they are alive. Alberto Moravia
