I'm not afraid of death, but I'm not courting it, either. If you have lived well, it is the fair conclusion to life.

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

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.

Know how to live the time that is given you.

Every time you touch those who have power over the media, they seek to stop you.

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.