A writer should have another lifetime to see if he's appreciated.

I cannot walk through the suburbs in the solitude of the night without thinking that the night pleases us because it suppresses idle details, just as our memory does.

There are those who seek the love of a woman to forget her, to not think about her.

The things that are said in literature are always the same. What is important is the way they are said. Looking for metaphors, for example: When I was a young man I was always hunting for new metaphors. Then I found out that really good metaphors are always the same.

Every man should be capable of all ideas.

Poetry remembers that it was an oral art before it was a written art.

Best thing to happen for a poet. A fine death, no? An impressive death.