Autobiography begins with a sense of being alone. It is an orphan form.
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John Berger
[His research into biblical criticism had lead him to the conclusion that most of what was contained in traditional religion simply wasn't true] Was I to lie in order to teach the truth? ...Was I to repeat these words? It was impossible. It was certain...
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Felix Adler
Mistakes? That's why they put erasers on pencils.
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Rick Barnett
The features of character are carved out of adversity.
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Rick Barnett
Choking with dry tears and raging, raging, raging at the absolute indifference of nature and the world to the death of love, the death of hope and the death of beauty, I remember sitting on the end of my bed, collecting these pills and capsules...
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Stephen Fry
More Quotes By Federico Fellini
I don’t like the idea of “understanding” a film. I don’t believe that rational understanding is an essential element in the reception of any work of art. Either a film has something to say to you or it hasn’t. If you are moved by it,...
There is no end. There is no beginning. There is only the infinite passion of life.
When I felt I was dying, these past few days, things were no longer anthropomorphic. The telephone, which looks like a sort of upturned black snake, was merely a telephone. Every thing was just a thing. The couch, which looked like a big square face...
There is no end. There is no beginning. There is only the passion of life.
If there were a little more silence, if we all kept quiet...maybe we could understand something.
