Italo Calvino Country Quotations

A quarter of America is a dramatic, tense, violent country, exploding with contradictions, full of brutal, physiological vitality, and that is the America that I have really loved and love. But a good half of it is a country of boredom, emptiness, monotony, brainless production, and brainless consumption, and this is the American inferno.

Without translation, I would be limited to the borders of my own country. The translator is my most important ally. He introduces me to the world.