After the turbulence of death, moral principles and even religious proofs are called into question.

The poet's spoken discourse often depends on a mystique, on the spiritual freedom that finds itself enslaved on earth.

He passes from lyric to epic poetry in order to speak about the world and the torment in the world through man, rationally and emotionally. The poet then becomes a danger.

Poetry is also the physical self of the poet, and it is impossible to separate the poet from his poetry.

The writer of stories or of novels settles on men and imitates them; he exhausts the possibilities of his characters.

My readers at that time were still men of letters; but there had to be other people waiting to read my poems.

War, I have always said, forces men to change their standards, regardless of whether their country has won or lost.