The stars know everything, So we try to read their minds. As distant as they are, We choose to whisper in their presence.

I'm not a stickler for truth. To me, lying in poetry is much more fun. I'm against lying in life, in principle, in any other activity except poetry.

Poetry is an orphan of silence. The words never quite equal the experience behind them.

One writes because one has been touched by the yearning for and the despair of ever touching the Other.

When you play chess alone it's always your move.

If I believe in anything, it is in the dark night of the soul. Awe is my religion, and mystery is its church.

Insomnia is an all-night travel agency with posters advertising faraway places.