“True happiness is impossible without solitude.”

I was so skinny, they gave me the nickname stechetto – the stick. I was tall, thin, ugly and dark like an Arab girl. I looked strange. All eyes. No flesh on my bones.

Until you lose your mother you don’t know what it is.

I eat a lot of salad, a little meat, and some fruit—that’s all. But I like sweets.

Cooking is an act of love, a gift, a way of sharing with others the little secrets — ‘piccoli segreti’ — that are simmering on the burners.

Ignorance has its virtues; without it there’d be mighty little conversation.

The girl who swears no one has ever made love to her has a right to swear.

The two big advantages I had at birth were to have been born wise and to have been born in poverty.

The right hairstyle can make a plain woman beautiful and a beautiful woman unforgettable.

I was not interested in what I could bring to myself by being an actress, but in what I could bring out of myself.

You have to be born a sex symbol. You don’t become one. If you’re born with it, you’ll have it even when you’re 100 years old.

Style must be adapted to the woman and not vice versa. The same can be said of clothes.

The eyes of a woman who never cried can not be beautiful.

Physical exercise makes you more graceful. After some gymnasitics you walk as if the whole street is yours.

Hate is unfulfilled love.

I’m very susceptible to sex appeal.

Sometimes when you involve yourself in so many things, you can’t do any of them well – and I like to do everything perfectly.

The soul of one who serves God always swims in joy, always keeps holiday, is always in her palace of jubilation, ever singing with fresh ardor and fresh pleasure a new song of joy and love.

I’m never happy with my face, my hair, I haven’t really got any boobs and I’m not really that tall.

I’ve just never cared what people think. It’s more if I’m happy and I’m confident and feeling good, that’s always been my thing.

I made a list of the happiest periods of my life & I realized that none of them involve money.

Being seventy is not a sin. It’s not a joy, either.

Anyone’s happier when they’re not being verbally abused all day long.

I am so happy because I want more people to like martial arts movie not just martial arts audience. Even martial arts can be used in comedy, in drama, in horror movies, in different kinds of movies.

Let joy make a home in you.