Italian cameramen grow up immersed in an awareness of light. It is part of their mythology.

Certainly, in Italy, nobody takes light for granted.

After all, film is so porous, and to my mind, so oddly occult, that I think that film itself absorbs odd energies like a living skin.

The crew, like all Italian crews, was generous, warm, and enthusiastic.

I was obliged to stand there, holding the leash of this creature for their welcoming publicity shots, implying that this was some kind of image the decided to have of me.

If you were out of a job and your kid needed diapers and your husband just left you, you would be so confused.

I didn't have any agent; I've never had an agent.

I don't have an objective overview of Black Sunday.

I’m curious about why there’s so much honor given to death, when there is no honor in losing someone you love.

The real discoverer of South America was [Alexander von] Humboldt, since his work was more useful for our people than the work of all conquerors.

I don't want your love unless you know I am repulsive, and love me even as you know it.

The American Dream is one of success, home ownership, college education for one's children, and have a secure job to provide these and other goals.

The truth is it's fun to be up there and know that you're in your underwear. Even though I know I'm exploiting my sexuality in a certain way, it's fun! It boosts my ego.

The strength of a man consists in finding out the way God is going, and going that way.

Sound and sufficient reason falls, after all, to the share of but few men, and those few men exert their influence in silence.

The secret of living well is not in having all the answers but in pursuing unanswerable questions in good company.

The saxophone is an imperfect instrument, especially the tenor and soprano, as far as intonation goes. The challenge is to sing on an imperfect instrument that is outside of your body.

The rope by which the great blocks of taxes are attached to any citizenry is simple loyalty.