Italo Calvino Quote

Success consists in felicity of verbal expression, which every so often may result from a quick flash of inspiration but as a rule involves a patient search... for the sentence in which every word is unalterable.

Six Memos for the Next Millennium (ed. Harvard University Press, 1988) - ISBN: 9780674810402

Success consists in felicity of verbal expression, which every so often may result from a quick flash of inspiration but as a rule involves a patient ...

Success consists in felicity of verbal expression, which every so often may result from a quick flash of inspiration but as a rule involves a patient ...

Success consists in felicity of verbal expression, which every so often may result from a quick flash of inspiration but as a rule involves a patient ...

Success consists in felicity of verbal expression, which every so often may result from a quick flash of inspiration but as a rule involves a patient ...