Yes, one uses what one knows, but autobiography means something else. I should never be able to write a real autobiography; I always end by falsifying and fictionalizingโIโm a liar, in fact. That means Iโm a novelist, after all. I write about what I know.
Alberto MoraviaThe novel as we knew it in the nineteenth century was killed off by Proust and Joyce.
Alberto MoraviaEvery 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