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

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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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"One of the characteristics of humility is the ability to take the second place without striving for self-promotion."

Sunday Adelaja, Nigerian Author

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"It takes grace to be a great soul."

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"The more success a person has in life, the greater the danger of fornication can become."

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"It is better to act right than seek right."

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"It is character that should be the sole measure of judgement in the society of thinking humanity, and nothing short of that would do."

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"If you know how it's to be treated unfairly, you will be gentle with others."

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"Lack of courage leads to cruelty."

Lailah Gifty Akita, Ghanaian Author

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"Don't marry the most beautiful woman in the world, marry the woman with the most beautiful deeds."

Matshona Dhliwayo, Zimbabwean Philosopher

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"Character is what the world needs - character that will empower the mind with such an unimaginable strength that one would meet death face to face and say "some other time, pal!"

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"I live quietly at home among my family and friends."

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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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"But democracy isn't a state of perfection. It has to be improved, and that means constant vigilance."

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

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"One of the characteristics of humility is the ability to take the second place without striving for self-promotion."

"It takes grace to be a great soul."

"The more success a person has in life, the greater the danger of fornication can become."

"It is better to act right than seek right."

"It is character that should be the sole measure of judgement in the society of thinking humanity, and nothing short of that would do."

"If you know how it's to be treated unfairly, you will be gentle with others."

"Lack of courage leads to cruelty."

"Don't marry the most beautiful woman in the world, marry the woman with the most beautiful deeds."

"Character is what the world needs - character that will empower the mind with such an unimaginable strength that one would meet death face to face and say "some other time, pal!"

"Failures make character, not success."

Explore more quotes by Antonio Tabucchi

"I live quietly at home among my family and friends."

"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."

"But democracy isn't a state of perfection. It has to be improved, and that means constant vigilance."

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

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

"Perfection spawns doctrines, dictators and totalitarian ideas."

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

"The salt of any interesting civilization is mixture."

"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."

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