The message that "we can't take in everybody" is imperative. At the same time, the decision as to who has a right to asylum needs to be made in Brussels.

As long as a certain problem primarily affects a different country, in this case Italy, one might not put it at the very top of one's list of priorities.

But it could be that we, as early as spring, will need to embark on a new policy in order to save one of the cornerstones of European politics: personal freedom of movement.

Let's put it this way: I am confident that Schengen will continue to be defended. And when it comes to repatriations, we have the same opinion.

Originality is not writing the story that has never been told, but writing the stories only you can tell.

Law will take over because law always carries with it a sense of security and manipulative power.

Keep us Lord so awake in the duties of our calling that we may sleep in thy peace and wake in thy glory.

To survive in peace and harmony, united and strong, we must have one people, one nation, one flag.

I have a strong belief that there is a god or a higher power. I think that if you have a strong belief in that, then you won't feel alone in life and you will feel you can get through anything.

My grandmother sang, too, and she was really loud. It was this wild kind of singing. I count her among my influences.

Yes, love is free; it can dwell in no other atmosphere.

I don't see the world unless I see it in ink.

It can really vary from movie to movie what the producer's role is and there are all kinds of producers. There are line producers who do a lot of the nuts and bolts work on the set.

Sometimes I'll hear a phrase or a word and write it down in my little black notebook (a writer's best mate), then come back to it and work a plot around it.