Have I had two roads, I would have chosen their third.

I am not a lover of Israel, of course. I have no reason to be. But I don't hate Jews.

She does not love you. Your metaphors thrill her you are her poet. But that's all there's to it.

Have I had two roads, I would have chosen their third.

I am patient and am waiting for a profound revolution in the consciousness of the Israelis. The Arabs are ready to accept a strong Israel with nuclear arms - all it has to do is open the gates of its fortress and make peace.

I love women whose hidden desires make horses put an end to their lives at the threshold

Sometimes I feel as if I am read before I write. When I write a poem about my mother, Palestinians think my mother is a symbol for Palestine. But I write as a poet, and my mother is my mother. She's not a symbol.