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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I grew up in an atmosphere where words were an integral part of culture.
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Books and all forms of writing are terror to those who wish to suppress the truth.
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The greatest threat to freedom is the absence of criticism.
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My horizon on humanity is enlarged by reading the writers of poems, seeing a painting, listening to some music, some opera, which has nothing at all to do with a volatile human condition or struggle or whatever. It enriches me as a human being.
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