I know ours is a world made by men for men, their dictatorship is so ancient it even extends to language.
But here’s what I’ve learned in this war, in this country, in this city: to love the miracle of having been born.
Why do the people humiliate themselves by voting? I didn’t vote because I have dignity. If I had closed my nose and voted for one of them, I would spit on my own face.
Journalism combines adventure with culture.
With our progress we have destroyed our only weapon against tedium: that rare weakness we call imagination.
To have realized your dream makes you feel lost.
Arafat contradicts himself every five minutes. He always plays the double-cross, lies even if you ask him what time it is.
I find it shameful that in nearly all the universities of Europe, Palestinian students sponsor and nurture anti-Semitism.
I am an atheist, and if an atheist and a pope think the same things, there must be something true. There must be some human truth that is beyond religion.
Listen: if I am a painter and I do your portrait, have I or haven’t I the right to paint you as I want?
I feel less alone when I read the books of Ratzinger.
You cannot survive if you do not know the past.
I didn’t want to kill a man. I’m not capable of killing a man. I wanted to kill a tyrant.
Objectivity does not exist. The word is a hypocrisy which is sustained by the lie that the truth stays in the middle. No, sir: Sometimes truth stays on one side only.
I’ll parade with those who are alone like me. They exist. They are very few, but they exist. I’ll find them.
I am disgusted by the anti-Semitism of many Italians, of many Europeans.
Glory is a heavy burden, a murdering poison, and to bear it is an art. And to have that art is rare.
I don’t want to hear about my death.
I cry, sometimes, because I’m not 20 years younger, and I’m not healthy. But if I were, I would even sacrifice my writing to enter politics.
Physical courage is a great test.