My father wasn't absolutely delighted. He wanted me to become a lawyer. I studied law, but I thought the shoe business was more exciting.

Put a compass to paper and trace a circle. Then tell me which other country has such a concentration of places like Amalfi, Naples, Ischia, Procida, Sorrento, Positano, Pompeii, and Capri.

When I am walking in Central Park, I recognize the Italians. Because an Italian, even when he jogs, he's dressed perfect.

Italian style is a natural attitude. It is about a life of good taste. It doesn't have to be expensive. Simple but with good taste. Luxury is possible to buy. Good taste is not.

I remember perfectly my first trip to New York, when I was on the bridge between Brooklyn and Manhattan, when I saw the skyscrapers. It was like an incredible dream.

My father taught me respect for quality as well as a sense of dignity - great values as we face a world going in a different direction. I try to teach my children to stay close to the real things.

I was born and I live in a small village, where the centre of life is the square, and the small bar/cafe.

Image is something you construct, while reputation starts at home. If you are able to pass on solid values to your children, then they can become citizens of the world.

You try to be young, maybe you like to have a few toys, but it's not the most important thing in life.

When it is possible, I choose to have a quiet life.

I am a liberal. I want everyone to be well.

The road from ‘here’ to ‘there’ is a map yet to be written with the pen I hold in my hand.

A friend gave me a rainbow as a gift, so I put it up in the sky so everyone could share.

More important than your skills is picking the right business.

Time and space define the sacred moment.

I love history, doesn't matter what era, I'm fascinated.

She did not shut it properly because she knew that it is very silly to shut oneself into a wardrobe, even if it is not a magic one.

I hitched my wagon to an electron rather than the proverbial star.

I find it valid to understand man as an animal before I am prepared to know him as a man.

A lot of times when I've been offered film series and stuff, if they shoot in Los Angeles, I lose interest.

In school, every period ends with a bell. Every sentence ends with a period. Every crime ends with a sentence.