I'm not very much of a reader really, because I find much of it very bad, very uninteresting, very speculative.

What annoys a person who suicides? The life itself. Boredom. Tiredness that descends on every morning when you look at yourself at the mirror.

It was a clear, starry night, dead calm. Whenever I see a sky like that, I wish I could write music

You think you know everything about a person, but the truth often comes as a surprise.

Have I ever written anything that has really changed something? What I believe is that you can't change anything without using art. I believe that the drops wear away the stone. I try to be part of that army.

You can have more than one home. You can carry your roots with you, and decide where they grow.

We used to send whole flocks of birds shooting out of our mouths and never managed to grab them by their wings.