Fascism rewarded jackasses in uniform. Democracy gives privileges to those in sports' gear. In Italy, political regimes come to pass. Jackasses remain. Triumphant.

A real writer [...] looks not in another writer but himself.

It isn't necessary to be socialists in order to love Pertini. Whatever he says or does, smells of cleanliness, of loyalty and of sincerity.

An Italian university is a contradiction in terms.

[Addressed to Berlusconi who wanted to impose himself on the editorial style of "Il Giornale"] In the art of entrepeneurship, you are certainly a genius, and I an asshole. But in the art of argument the genius is me, and you the asshole.

The nice thing about political pundits is that, when they answer a question, one no longer understands what they were asked.

Which ever one of you will want to become a journalist, let him remember to choose his own master: the reader.