• A writer is a man like any other: he dreams. And my dream was to be able to say of this book, when I finished: 'This is a book about Alentejo.'

    Jose Saramago: A writer is a man like any other: he dreams. And my dream was to be able to say of this book, when I finished: 'This is a book about Alentejo.'
    "Jose Saramago: il bagaglio dello scrittore". Book by Giulia Lanciani, translated (p. 41), 1996.