Federico Fellini

Everyone knows that time is Death, that Death hides in clocks. Imposing another time powered by the Clock of the Imagination, however, can refuse his law. Here, freed of the Grim Reaper's scythe, we learn that pain is knowledge and all knowledge pain.

One of the greatest handicaps is to fear a mistake. You have stopped yourself. You have to move freely into the arena, not just to wait for the perfect situation, the perfect moment... If you have to make a mistake, it's better to make a mistake of action than one of inaction. If I had the opportunity again, I would take chances.

When I do things without any explanation, but just with spontaneity...I can be sure that I am right.

A good opening and a good ending make for a good film provided they come close together.

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

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

For people who live in the imagination, there is no lack of subjects. To seek for the exact moment at which inspiration comes is false. Imagination floods us with suggestions all the time, from all directions.

Our minds can shape the way a thing will be because we act according to our expectations.

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 all the rest of it.

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

You have to live spherically - in many directions. Never lose your childish enthusiasm - and things will come your way.