When I Passed The Age Of 50,

... For Me It Is Essential, Essential For The Poet To Have A New Toast, New Songs.

I Thought Poetry Could Change Everything, Could Change History And Could Humanize, And I Think That The Illusion Is Very Necessary To Push Poets To Be Involved And To Believe, But Now I Think That Poetry Changes Only The Poet.

I Want To Find A Language That Transforms Language Itself Into Steel For The Spirit--a Language To Use Against These Sparkling Insects, These Jets.

Nothing Is Harder On The Soul, Than The Smell Of Dreams, While They're Evaporating.

To Be Under Occupation, To Be Under Siege, Is Not A Good Inspiration For Poetry.