Babies did not attract me, and I was altogether without the maternal sense so highly developed in small and adolescent girls.

Above all, don’t fear difficult moments. The best comes from them

I tell young people: Do not think of yourself, think of others. Think of the future that awaits you, think about what you can do and do not fear anything.

Find first peace within yourself. Don't eat too much. Keep your brain active. Love.

The body does whatever it wants. I am not my body; I am my mind.

I should thank Mussolini for having declared me to be of an inferior race. This led me to the joy of working, not any more unfortunately, in university institutes but in a bedroom.

Progress depends on our brain. The most important part of our brain, that which is neocortical, must be used to help others and not just to make discoveries.

My experience in childhood and adolescence of the subordinate role played by the female in a society run entirely by men had convinced me that I was not cut out to be a wife.

At 100, I have a mind that is superior - thanks to experience - than when I was 20.

It's not enough what I did in the past - there is also the future.

If I die tomorrow or in a year, it is the same — it is the message you leave behind you that counts.

No story is complete until it is written.

Being pregnant, makes me want to do the wildest things

Divorce is the key that opens the strongbox where the bonds of matrimony are kept under wedlock.

With regard to matters requiring thought: the less people know and understand about them, the more positively they attempt to argue concerning them.

The true worth of a soul is revealed as much by the motive it attributes to the actions of others as by its own deeds.

It’s better to please God and have a few people upset with you than to please people and have God upset with you.

Players with fight never lose a game, they just run out of time

My dad was a college football coach, so we're a big athletic family. I was either going to be an athlete or an actor. As an actor, I hoped I would be able to bond the two.

It's nice to be important, but it's also important to be nice. Never forget that.

I think hand-drawn animation can be something really special. If the character design is quite simple it has the ability to allow people to easily relate to the characters in a special manner.