It is from him, from Beolco Ruzzante, that I've learned to free myself from conventional literary writing and to express myself with words that you can chew, with unusual sounds, with various techniques of rhythm and breathing, even with the rambling nonsense-speech of the 'grammelot.'

Our homeland is the whole world. Our law is liberty. We have but one thought, revolution in our hearts.

Although, this is often used with negative connotations, I see ideology as an inherent part of culture.

A theatre, a literature, an artistic expression that does not speak for its own time has no relevance.

For some time its been my habit to use images when preparing a speech: rather than write it down, I illustrate it.

With comedy I can search for the profound.

When I was a boy, unconsciously, spontaneously I learned the art of telling ironic stories.