#italia

The Italian prose tale had begun to exercise that influence as early as Chaucer's time: but circumstances and atmosphere were as yet unfavourable for its growth. ↗

— George Saintsbury

#begun #chaucer #circumstances #early #exercise

I have a lot of nice Italian winter clothes that make me look like a sophisticated Lebanese professor, so my friend Robert and I go around pretending to be experts in Arabic politics. It doesn't work in the summer though. I don't have the right clothes. ↗

— Alexei Sayle

#around #clothes #experts #friend #go

I'd like to do a number of films. Westerns. Genre pieces. Maybe another film about Italian Americans where they're not gangsters, just to prove that not all Italians are gangsters. ↗

— Martin Scorsese

#another #film #films #gangsters #genre

If your mother cooks Italian food, why should you go to a restaurant? ↗

— Martin Scorsese

#food #go #italian #italian food #mother

My working-class Italian-American parents didn't go to school, there were no books in the house. ↗

— Martin Scorsese

#go #house #italian-american #parents #school