But Italy Is Not An Intellectual Country.

With All Of Its Defects, The Global Market Makes War Less Likely, Even Between The Usa And China.

I Feel That I Am A Scholar Who Only With The Left Hand Writes Novels.

Originality And Creativity Are Nothing But The Result Of The Wise Management Of Combinations. The Creative Genius Combines More Rapidly, And With A Greater Critical Sense Of What Gets Tossed Out And What Gets Saved, The Same Material That The Failed Genius Has To Work With.

Only An Unhinged Movie Survives As A Disconnected Series Of Images, Of Peaks, Of Visual Icebergs. It Should Display Not One Central Idea But Many. It Should Not Reveal A Coherent Philosophy Of Composition. It Must Live On, And Because Of, Its Glorious Ricketiness.

To Survive, You Must Tell Stories.