133 Quotes by Federico Fellini

Happiness is simply a temporary condition that proceeds unhappiness. Fortunately for us, it works the other way around as well. But it’s all a part of the carnival, isn’t it?

It’s easier to be faithful to a restaurant than it is to a woman.

Peellaert’s comic strips were the literature of intelligence, imagination and romanticism.

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

As I don’t consider myself exceptional, but simply a storyteller, each of my stories is really a period of my life. Deep down I feel that criticism of my work-which is the most sincere and authentic vision of myself-is unsuitable and immodest, whether it is favorable or unfavorable.

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

Loneliness is a heavy burden, but i’d rather be alone than make compromises.

Marriage is a tyranny, a mortification of man’s natural instincts. Man needs a multiplicity of relationships.

The only place where you can be a dictator and still be loved is on the movie set.