Federico Fellini

To people of my generation, the picture show was really another dimension - sensual, whimsical. No uniforms or collective rites, but a place where little boys like me could laugh and feel free.

Nietzsche claimed that his genius was in his nostrils and I think that is a very excellent place for it to be.

I don't believe in total freedom for the artist. Left on his own, free to do anything he likes, the artist ends up doing nothing at all. If there's one thing that's dangerous for an artist, it's precisely this question of total freedom, waiting for inspiration and the rest of it.

I do not need a producer. I need only a good production manager. I need only a man who will give me money.

Money is everywhere but so is poetry. What we lack are the poets.

All artists are equal when they are themselves.

I did not realise that I was so loved. It can't just be for the films. I must have done something else, but I can't remember what.

In 'Roma,' I wanted to get across the idea that underneath Rome today is ancient Rome. So close. I am always conscious of that, and it thrills me. Imagine being in a traffic jam at the Coliseum! Rome is the most wonderful movie set in the world... As was the case with many of my film ideas, it was inspired by a dream.

There is no end. There is no beginning. There is only the passion of life.

My relationship with my body has changed. I used to consider it as a servant who should obey, function, give pleasure. In sickness, you realise that you are not the boss. It is the other way around.

Experience is what you get while looking for something else.

A different language is a different vision of life.