Quotes from Federico Fellini

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

Through the ages, from the beginning of time, I'm certain man has covered woman's face with masks. They are, however, his masks, not hers.

Regrets are a waste of time. They're the past crippling you in the present.

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.

Realism is a bad word. In a sense everything is realistic. I see no line between the imaginary and the real.

It is only when I am doing my work that I feel truly alive.

There is abundant testimony that if we choose love rather than self, we gain immeasurably.

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.

Never trust a woman who doesn't like to eat. She is probably lousy in bed.

If I'm a cruel satirist at least I'm not a hyprocrite: I never judge what other people do. Neither a politician nor a priest, I never censor what others do. Neither a philospher nor a psychiatrist, I never bother trying to analyze or resolve my fears and neuroses

Talking about dreams is like talking about movies, since the cinema uses the language of dreams; years can pass in a second and you can hop from one place to another. Itís a language made of image. And in the real cinema, every object and every light means something, as in a dream.

Cinema is an old whore, like circus and variety, who knows how to give many kinds of pleasure. Besides, you can't teach old fleas new dogs.

Hype is the awkward and desperate attempt to convince journalists that what you've made is worth the misery of having to review it.

All art is autobiographical. The pearl is the oyster's autobiography.

Even if I set out to make a film about a fillet of sole, it would be about me.

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

Real religion should be something that liberates men [sic]. But churches don't want free men [sic] who can think for themselves and find their own divinity within. When a religion becomes organized it is no longer a religious experience but only superstition and estrangement.

I'm a liar, but an honest one. People reproach me for not always telling the same story in the same way. But this happens because I've invented the whole tale from the start and it seems boring to me and unkind to other people to repeat myself.

I even see the cinema itself as a woman, with its alternation of light and darkness, of appearing and disappearing images

Chaque langue voit le monde d'une manière différente.

Talking about dreams is like talking about movies, since the cinema uses the language of dreams; years can pass in a second and you can hop from one place to another. It's a language made of image. And in the real cinema, every object and every light means something, as in a dream.

Jung acompanha-nos à porta do incognoscível e deixa que vejamos e comprendamos por nós próprios.

Fate is written in the face.