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.

Where can I free myself of the homeland in my body?

When a writer declares that his first book is his best, that is bad. I progress successively from book to book.

I never wanted children, maybe I'm afraid of responsibility.

I learnt all the words worthy of the court of blood So that I could break the rule I learnt all the words and broke them up To make a single word: Homeland.

Against barbarity, poetry can resist only by confirming its attachment to human fragility like a blade of grass growing on a wall while armies march by.

History laughs at both the victim and the aggressor.