“Humor was not important only for me, humor was important for this nation for centuries, to survive, you know.”

“Because if you lived, as I did, several years under Nazi totalitarianism, and then 20 years in communist totalitarianism, you would certainly realize how precious freedom is, and how easy it is to lose your freedom.”

“Memories are doing funny things to us.”

“Humor was not important only for me, humor was important for this nation for centuries, to survive, you know.”