And what I don't understand I grasp it only when it's too late.
When a writer declares that his first book is his best, that is bad. I progress successively from book to book.
I am not a lover of Israel, of course. I have no reason to be. But I don't hate Jews.
The poem is in my hands, and can run stories through her hands.
When I passed the age of 50, I learned how to control my emotions.
... For me it is essential, essential for the poet to have a new toast, new songs.