I'm a perfectionist, and I always think that I can do better what I have done, even if it's good.

It is not always a matter of wild ovations and legendary performances. Sometimes you are just happy to get through an opera without trouble.

I've been buying the same lambrusco from Correggio [a town between Reggio-Emilia and Modena] since 1965.

If you know why you fall in love, you aren't in love

If you see me once, you cannot confuse me with another.

One of the very nicest things about life is the way we must regularly stop whatever it is we are doing and devote our attention to eating.

The reason fat people are happy is that the nerves are well protected.