Federico Fellini Quotes

There Is No Such Thing As A Good Paparazzo. A Good Paparazzo, That's A Paparazzo Who Has Had His Camera Broken. In Fact, They Are Bandits, Thieves Of Photography. (statement After Photographs Were Published Showing Jackie Onassis Sunbathing Nude.)

Peellaert's Comic Strips Were The Literature Of Intelligence, Imagination And Romanticism.

Censorship Is Advertising Paid By The Government.

Nietzsche Claimed That His Genius Was In His Nostrils And I Think That Is A Very Excellent Place For It To Be.

No Critic Writing About A Film Could Say More Than The Film Itself, Although They Do Their Best To Make Us Think The Oppposite.

Hype Is The Awkward And Desperate Attempt To Convince Journalists That What You've Made Is Worth The Misery Of Having To Review It.

A Good Opening And A Good Ending Make For A Good Film Provided They Come Close Together.

Georgian Film Is A Completely Unique Phenomenon, Vivid, Philosophically Inspiring, Very Wise, Childlike. There Is Everything That Can Make Me Cry And I Ought To Say That It (my Crying) Is Not An Easy Thing.

As I Don't Consider Myself Exceptional, But Simply A Storyteller, Each Of My Stories Is Really A Period Of My Life. Deep Down I Feel That Criticism Of My Work-which Is The Most Sincere And Authentic Vision Of Myself-is Unsuitable And Immodest, Whether It Is Favorable Or Unfavorable.

We Must Get Beyond Passions, Like A Great Work Of Art. In Such Miraculous Harmony. We Should Learn To Love Each Other So Much To Live Outside Of Time... Detached.

You See Me In My Most Virile Moment When You See Me Doing What I Do. When I Am Directing, A Special Energy Comes Upon Me. ... It Is Only When I Am Doing My Work That I Feel Truly Alive. It Is Like Having Sex.

According To The Doctors, I'm Only Suffering From A Light Form Of Premature Baldness.