I was set free because the negotiations were successful, because there were people lobbying for my freedom, and because hundreds of thousands took to the streets in Rome for my freedom.

One thing is clear: My life is completely different than it was before the kidnapping.

How a kidnapping ends depends to a large degree on who the kidnappers are.

I beg you, put an end to the occupation. I beg the Italian government and the Italian people to put pressure on the government to pull out.

Be very, very careful what you put in that head, because you will never, ever get it out.

A young hero is the world's greatest attraction.

The prettiest of them all is a girl who is pretty on the inside.

We are all human beings with our own little knick-knacks and ways of doing things.

The point is, this is a way to help inoculate me about what has come and is coming.

Sometimes you film in your hometown, sometimes you go halfway across the world.

A big book is like a serious relationship; it requires a commitment.

Michael O'Donoghue was a very close friend of mine - very encouraging with my stuff, and really a great guy - but he was a no-kidding difficult person.

It is time to let America be America again. To return freedom to the people. To stand on our founding principles and reject the cynical politics of the Nanny State.

The daily life of a genius, his sleep, his digestion, he ecstasies, his nails, his colds, his blood, his life and death are essentially different from the rest of mankind.