Is it right to shoot the poor prostitute or a woman who is unfaithful to her husband, or a man who loves another man?
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.
When my father was arrested, we didn’t know where they had him. My mother found him at the house of torture. It was called Villa Triste.
I was a little girl fighting as a partisan against Nazi-Fascism.
I have never met a man more shy than Clark Gable. He was so shy, you couldn’t make him talk.
I don’t even know if I will be around next year. My cancers are so bad that I think I’ve arrived at the end of the road. What a pity. I would like to live not only because I love life so much, but because I’d like to see the result of the trial. I do think I will be found guilty.
Sometimes the dead are more alive than the living. And they can kill the living.
I have reached the conclusion that those who have physical courage also have moral courage. Physical courage is a great test.
Khomeini was not a puppet like Arafat or Qaddafi or the many other dictators I met in the Islamic world. He was a sort of Pope, a sort of king – a real leader.
Without Khomeini, we would not be where we are. What a pity that, when pregnant with him, his mother did not choose to have an abortion.
If you put a pistol against my head and ask which I think is worse, Muslims or Mexicans, I’d have to think a moment, then I’d say the Muslims because they’ve broken my balls.
Have you ever thought that war is a madhouse and that everyone in the war is a patient?
I am known for a life spent in the struggle for freedom, and freedom includes the freedom of religion.
I am a danger to myself if I get angry.