“My father is a teacher my mother was a telecom employee. I come from Palermo I was raised in Ethiopia. I am homosexual. I didn't go to film school. ”

“I am more interested in revolutionary beauty than in the great beauty, to be honest. Italian cinema is now mostly a bureau for tourism. We have given up that revolution of the contemporary.”

“Men of lofty genius when they are doing the least work are most active.”

“Neither a lofty degree of intelligence nor imagination nor both together go to the making of genius. Love, love, love, that is the soul of genius.”

“There's a fine line between genius and insanity. I have erased this line.”

“Marrying an old bachelor is like buying second-hand furniture.”

“Public opinion is the worst of all opinions.”

“Sometimes the unyielding are just fighting to stay alive. No one wants to find out that their life was a lie. And when you change someones mind, you are only rebirthing them into your reality. You ...”

“Always try to be perceptive and observant in living, sensatory for details and diversity. Always try to see beyond the surface, and look in another perspective. Always try not to judge. Always seek...”