In the early 1990s, I briefly got involved in Italian politics. But that intermezzo lasted just two years and had little success. I also found politics emotionally empty.

The important thing is that you've got to have ideas in the first place. And you need to have the passion to implement them.

I am a strong believer in the principle of growth.

Each period has its own appeal.

Each year, several million people are looking for new clothes. The fashion they are looking at cannot be too expensive, but it has to be stylish.

He unfolded his arms and moved to the side. I was fine with that. Again with the glowering, though. Seen that, done it myself. So last year.

Trouble shared is trouble halved.

Life is best when you are in love.

No man can resolve himself into Heaven.

Every word carries its own surprises and offers its own rewards to the reflective mind.

Words began fights and words ended them.

Somebody once told me that whatever you're listening to at 30 years old is going to be what you listen to for life and that's largely true.

How you die out in me: down to the last worn-out knot of breath you're there, with a splinter of life.

However, it is always nice to be expected, and not to arrive.

I was very lucky. My parents raised me in such a way that it never occurred to me that I wasn't equal