We are stark naught all, bad's the best of us.

Know how to live the time that is given you.

We thought the church had withdrawn from interfering in Italian politics...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.

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

With comedy I can search for the profound.

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

And he that will go to bed sober, Falls with the leaf still in October.

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

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

Scandals are the fertilizer of Western democracy.

It is hard for power to enjoy or incorporate humour and satire in its system of control.

A touch of kindness is like a ray of light in deep darkness.

It's an ongoing joy being a dad.

All of life and human relations have become so incomprehensibly complex that, when you think about it, it becomes terrifying and your heart stands still.

How idle it is to call certain things God-sends! as if there was anything else in the world.

It's a small world. It keeps recrossing itself.

My dad just wanted me to find something to do to keep me out of trouble. Boxing was the great escape.

There's nothing that allays an angry mind So soon as a sweet beauty.

The number one reason I write is to come to schools and see my readers. I would do it for free.

People for the most part can smell lies.

Yes, the mistrust of poetry has a long history, for a variety of reasons, but they all come down to sentiment and invention over fact and truth. Figurative language is suspicious.