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

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.

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.

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.

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.

Faith Never does seem Feasible

I always knew I was born to do great things. I just didn't know I wouldn't be able to see where I was going.

It is when we stop believing that religions have been handed down from above or else that they are entirely daft that matters become more interesting.

Even a good self will create another good self in the next life, and another one, and that good self will never be enlightened. You'll be bound, life after life, by good karma.

All newspaper writers have heard that the stuff they compose today has an excellent chance of being used to wrap tomorrow's mackerel.

I cannot walk through the suburbs in the solitude of the night without thinking that the night pleases us because it suppresses idle details, just as our memory does.

The first tenet is that you should report corruption regardless of loyalty to incumbent or party.

Babies are endlessly fascinating to look at and I'm obsessed about their complete and utter lack of guile.

The strength of weak people constantly appalls me. Have you ever seen a vine kill an oak tree? Deadly.

I regard belief as a form of brain damage.