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The greatest threat to freedom is the absence of criticism.


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For now, let us simply observe that the assault on human dignity is one of the prime goals of the visitation of fear, a prelude to the domination of the mind and the triumph of power



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Books and all forms of writing are terror to those who wish to suppress truth.




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I grew up in an atmosphere where words were an integral part of culture.



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But theater, because of its nature, both text, images, multimedia effects, has a wider base of communication with an audience. That's why I call it the most social of the various art forms.



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Each time I think I've created time for myself, along comes a throwback to disrupt my private space.



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Under a dictatorship, a nation ceases to exist. All that remains is a fiefdom, a planet of slaves regimented by aliens from outer space.



I'm not one of those writers I learned about who get up in the morning, put a piece of paper in their typewriter machine and start writing. That I've never understood.

I'm not one of those writers I learned about who get up in the morning, put a piece of paper in their typewriter machine and start writing. That I've never understood.



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And I believe that the best learning process of any kind of craft is just to look at the work of others.





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