I was writing poems when I was young, you know, because my father was a poet, so it was absolutely normal to follow my father. (Bernardo Bertolucci)

I was writing poems when I was young, you know, because my father was a poet, so it was absolutely normal to follow my father.

Bernardo Bertolucci

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