Every artistic expression is either influenced by or adds something to politics.

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

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.'

With comedy I can search for the profound.

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

We thought the church had withdrawn from interfering in Italian politics... but instead there is a terrible resurgence. These are ugly signs for freedom of expression.

Real socialism is inside man. It wasn't born with Marx. It was in the communes of Italy in the Middle Ages. You can't say it is finished.