Pornography is not in the hands of the child who discovers his sexuality by masturbating, but in the heart of the adult who slaps him.

I was writing poems when I was young, you know, because my father was a poet, so it was absolutely normal to follow my father.

English dialogues are always just what you need and nothing more - like something out of Hemingway. In Italian and in French, dialogues are always theatrical, literary. You can do more with it.

You know, in ten years you're gonna be playing soccer with your tits, what do you think of that?

After many, many years, I fell out of love with politics. It's not something I like but it's the truth.

A name? Oh, Jesus Christ. Ah, God, I've been called by a million names all my life. I don't want a name. I'm better off with a grunt or a groan for a name.

I remember being young in the 1960s. We had a great sense of the future, a great big hope. This is what is missing in the youth today. This being able to dream and to change the world.