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

The importance of poetry is not measured, finally, by what the poet says but by how he says it.

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 am from there. I am from here. I am not there and I am not here. I have two names, which meet and part, and I have two languages. I forget which of them I dream in.

Without hope we are lost.

Standing here, staying here, permanent here, eternal here, and we have one goal, one, one: to be.

When I passed the age of 50, I learned how to control my emotions.