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I know Italians and I like them. A lot of my father's best friends were Italians.

Love and understand the Italians, for the people are more marvellous than the land.

I love Italy and I say I am from Italy wherever I go.

The Italians always know that I'm not Italian.

Italians know about human nature - they understand human nature perhaps better than anyone else does. They know that people are weak and greedy and lazy and dishonest and they just try to make the best of it; to work around it.

I like France quite a lot, and I like Italy.

The Italians have their priorities right: They're driven, they do their work, but they really enjoy the day-to-day and they don't put off the enjoyment of the everyday for some future goal.

I love places that have an incredible history. I love the Italian way of life. I love the food. I love the people. I love the attitudes of Italians.

Italians tend to be less rigidly moral and law-abiding than do Anglo-Saxons. They also have a profound suspicion of the state and most of its agencies.

I like my country, but I don't think like an Italian. It's a complex, complicated difficult country to make things happen in.