Dario Fo

My theater has always been a political battle on the stage. ”

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. ”

Life has always treated me well. I therefore won't mind leaving it behind. ”

I felt like an extraordinary hero. I was only five or six and I had the whole of life in my hands. Even if I had been driving the carriage of the sun I could not have felt any better. ”

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. ”

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. ”

Although, this is often used with negative connotations, I see ideology as an inherent part of culture. ”

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. ”

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. ”

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