"I'm not for it [Brookland and The Testament of Yves Gundron ], I'm not against it, I'm just interested in it and how it functions, but I think that, in some senses, in those two novels, that was difficult for people to see."

“With Gnaw I was thinking about traditional sculpture, about carving. I was also interested in figurative sculpture. I put those two ideas together and decided that rather than describing the body, I would use the body, my body, as a tool for making art.”

“I hate violence. That has never prevented me from using it in my films.”

Source : Samuel Fuller, Christa Fuller, Jerome Rudes (2002). “A Third Face: My Tale of Writing, Fighting and Filmmaking”, Knopf

“I think all actors - they'll hate me for saying this - but we are babies. We like to be loved, and we'll do anything if we're loved.”

“Never excuse yourself.”

“In Italy, food is an expression of love. It is how you show those around you that you care for them. Having a love for food means you also have a love for those you are preparing it for and for yourself.”

Source : "MasterChef : What’s Cooking in America’s Kitchens" by Joe Bastianich, www.huffingtonpost.com. August 9, 2010.

“I think Mount Everest is gorgeous, too, but that doesn’t mean I have any intention of trying to climb it”

“I have had fans make me the big picture collages of the photo books; I have had fans send me birthday cakes... sing to me on my voicemail. I have had fans flash me. I have had older fans give me their bras and underwear onstage.”

“The labeling of nociceptors as pain fibers was not an admirable simplification, but an unfortunate trivialization under the guise of simplification.”