Andreotti had style and class; Berlusconi does not

There are contemporary artists that I hate with all my heart. These are provocateurs that are without feeling. Where is the real emotion?

Thank you to Italy. That is a crazy country but beautiful.

I think cinema has this beautiful component. It's a universal language.

There's one thing that I like about Rome that was stated by Napoleon: that from sublime to pathetic is only one step away. And in Rome there's a constant shifting between sublime and pathetic.

The way I work with my cinematographer is not based on general principles, but the ideas are triggered by the locations where we shoot.

Wasting time is something that people do or feel all over the world, not just in Italy.

The fear of old age is something that one feels when they're younger. Once you get to being old, you're already there, so you don't even think about it anymore.

I don't use Twitter. I'm a serious person.

I usually don't say anything to the actors. It works better for me because when they come to the set, they are at the same time scared and excited because they are not well aware of what will happen.

I hibernate. I hibernate until the next project takes shape in my mind.

Fame is not the same as success, and in our true souls we know that.

Art is identical with a state of capacity to make, involving a true course of reasoning.

Is your ego small enough, and your backbone strong enough, to raise others up high on your shoulders?

If you try to break into my house, you will be severely lacerated and possibly electrocuted, and I'm fine with that. Because if you're breaking into my house, you're on your own.

Inequality is bad for everyone, not just the middle class and the poor.

Ive never drunk coffee. Im convinced it has something to do with why my skin is good. I have either mint, green or black tea.

Skepticism is an important historical tool. It is the starting point of all revision of hitherto accepted history.

I'm Tally Youngblood. Make me pretty." -Tally Youngblood

If you are old and you wish to be young again, if only for a moment, try and identify a dragonfly.