With comedy I can search for the profound.

Comedy makes the subversion of the existing state of affairs possible.

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.

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

All forms of power - even based on the consensus of the democratic system - react when they are being attacked, or when those who exercise power become a target.

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

Even before Europe was united in an economic level or was conceived at the level of economic interests and trade, it was culture that united all the countries of Europe. The arts, literature, music are the connecting link of Europe.