Censorship should never be allowed. One should be able to say anything. But I refuse to let politics be foisted on me.

If the Americans would only take all the money they have spent on this war (Iraq), and spend it like Soros has done on civil societies in these countries, then in 10 years they would have wonderful results.

Real museums are places where Time is transformed into Space.

Heaven was the place where you kept alive the dreams of your memories.

I am nothing but a corpse now, a body at the bottom of a well.

Books, which we mistake for consolation, only add depth to our sorrow.

I think a lot about the poems I wasn't able to write...I masturbrated...Solitude is essentially a matter of pride; you bury yourself in your own scent. The issue is the same for all real poets. If you've been happy for too long, you become banal. By the same token, if you've been unhappy for a long time, you lose your poetic power...Happiness and poverty can only coexist for the briefest time. Afterword either happiness coarsens the poet or the poem is so true it destroys his happiness.