I probably write a poem every 50 years.

There are many things my father taught me here in this room. He taught me: keep your friends close, but your enemies closer.

I think what you see [in Salome the play backstage] is an artist having this fit of temperament.

The problem with me is, I guess, the way I express myself, you have to be with me 50 years before you can get a sense of what I'm talking about.

I found that speaking live to people, young people, about what I liked and what had been happening to me was very good for me. I was quite overtaken by success and fame. I was one of those types who responded to it in a negative way. It was not easy.

I am more alive in the theater than anywhere else, but what I take into the theater I get from the streets.

It turned out that time doesn't heal the wound , but in its so merciful way , blunts the edges ever so slightly