“He[ Italo Calvino] always said it would be impossible to try to make films out of his books, though he hoped it would happen because that's where the money was.” TryingSaidBookHappensWould BeFilmImpossible Author:Giovanna Cau
“We [ with Italo Calvino] had a great relationship. I don't think it's a coincidence that his only daughter's name is Giovanna. I loved his book dedications to me: "To Giovanna Cau, another book that won't be turned into a movie."” ThinkingBookNamesDaughterDedicationCoincidenceGreat RelationshipOnly Daughter Author:Giovanna Cau
“It's my greatest success. Women did not vote in Italy until 1946. A good friend and I put together a group of women to protest this. I was very young, just a girl. We went to the Viminale [home of the Ministry of the Interior] and spoke to the chair of the ministry board. Thanks to our initiative, we got the bureaucracy rolling on giving women the right to vote. I have to thank my father for this. He was in Geneva at the League of Nations, and women voted there. He thought it was absurd that women didn't vote in his country yet.” GivingCountryHomeTogetherYoungGirlFatherNationsGroupsVoteAbsurdThanksLeagueBoardsChairsProtestSpokesInitiativeMinistryRollingGood FriendBureaucracyInteriorsRight To VoteGenevaGreatest SuccessJust A GirlLeague Of Nations Author:Giovanna Cau
“If you know which way the current is going, you can use it to your advantage.” IfsKnowsWayUseAdvantageCurrents Author:Joseph Gordon-Levitt
“I had a very full life, with pains and losses, of course. I lost all the people I was closest to: my partner, my father, and my best friends, but I can't complain. I am 91 years old and I am still here at my desk.” PeopleYearsStillsI CanPainCoursesFatherLostLossComplainingPartnersClosestDesksMy Best FriendFull LifePain And Loss Author:Giovanna Cau
“Work is a great thing. This is something my father taught me. He didn't want me to grow up to be somebody's wife.” WantFatherGrowsGrowing UpWifeTaughtGreat ThingsWant Me Author:Giovanna Cau
“My father was everything to me. Unlike my mother - I didn't have a special affinity with her.” MotherFatherSpecialAffinity Author:Giovanna Cau
“It is not tolerable, it is not possible, that from so much death, so much sacrifice and ruin, so much heroism, a greater and better humanity shall not emerge.” HumanityGreaterSacrificeRuinsHeroismTolerable Author:Charles de Gaulle
“Today's consumerism has changed things. I think children are much less creative now.” ThinkingChildrenTodayCreativeChangedConsumerism Author:Giovanna Cau
“If you do or don't like something it's because of that thing and not because it has the right politics behind them or the right company or the right connections. It's really just about the thing itself.” IfsBehindsCompanyConnectionsLike Something Author:Joseph Gordon-Levitt