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

In a way, the American side descended to Saddam's level, which happens often in these types of circumstances. That is why the people in Iraq do not accept the current state of affairs.

With comedy I can search for the profound.

It's not bad at all, getting a Nobel and making so many old fossils explode with rage.

Know how to live the time that is given you.

Culturally, I have always been part of the proletariat. I lived side by side with the sons of glassblowers, fishermen and smugglers. The stories they told were shaper satires about the hypocrisy of authority and the middle classes, the two-facedness of teachers and lawyers and politicians. I was born politicized.