It was certainly an accident, an accident caused by a series of circumstances and coincidences

I don't think that the United States are ready for a presidency as the one of Obama, at least because he would be the first black president.

Communism has been the greatest and bloodiest illusion that humanity ever bore.

Mussolini was the greatest political leader of the century.

I think the Mussolinean institution of a third way alternative to comunism is currently still very relevant.

Times are ripe to discuss about the vote right, at least on an administrative level, for immigrant persons.

Nobody can ask us to abjure our fascist roots.

Waiting for the implosion [of the government of Romano Prodi] is risking to turn into Waiting for Godot.

Today well lived makes every yesterday a dream of happiness and every tomorrow a vision of hope. Look well therefore to this day.

Rereading parts of your novel while writing is like doubling back at rerunning parts of a marathon midrace.

Words are not brains, you know.

The sizzle I felt being near him was so intense, but I couldn't figure out if they were fireworks or warning flares.

Joel, lad, school is about learning to learn. If you don't practice studying things you don't like, then you'll have a very hard time in life.

The blessing always comes back to the door of the author.

I grew up in Brentwood, but I live now in Los Feliz. I grew up on the beach, now I live under the Hollywood sign.

There can be no compromise on basic principles. There can be no compromise on moral issues. There can be no compromise on matters of knowledge, of truth, of rational conviction.

Art dealing is when you're doing it as a business.

We are the only instrument for understanding the universe. We have to ground it in human beings.