Alberto Moravia Professions : Novelist Born : November 28, 1907 Died : September 26, 1990 Browse All Authors Top 26 quotes by Alberto Moravia War has become an affair of machines...and soldiers are little more than clever mechanics. Alberto Moravia soldier clever war 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 of dreary tranquillity. Alberto Moravia evil heart hands I don't think it's possible to write a good novel around a negative personality. Alberto Moravia personality writing thinking 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 theme song bird Modern man-whether in the womb of the masses, or with his workmates, or with his family, or alone-can never for one moment forget that he is living in a world in which he is a means and whose end is not his business. Alberto Moravia men mean world A writer survives in spite of his beliefs. Alberto Moravia spite belief Similar Authors Adam Johnson novelist Ivan Goncharov novelist Binnie Kirshenbaum novelist Bruce Jay Friedman novelist Buchi Emecheta novelist Bryce Courtenay novelist All Authors
