If there is no certain reality, the idea of following a leader must be scrutinized.

If there is no certain reality, the idea of following a leader must be scrutinized.

The first poem I ever wrote, about loss, when I was 5 years old, expressed the themes of everything I would ever write.

At the age of 18 all young poets are sure they will be dead at 21 - of old age.

Every heart is the other heart. Every soul is the other soul. Every face is the other face. The individual is the one illusion.

When you have examined all the illusions of life and know that there isn't any reality, but you nevertheless go on, then you are a mature human being. You accept the idea that it is all mask and illusion and that people are in disguise. You see the crumbl

I don't believe there can be a poetic novel without political consciousness. I have a strong political conscience.