For some time it's been my habit to use images when preparing a speech: rather than write it down, I illustrate it.

At the root of everything I write is tragedy.

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

Know how to live the time that is given you.

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

We had extremely democratic town councils in medieval Italy which knew the value of working together, and every now and then, down the centuries, this spirit returns.