Most of those who died did not die of hunger but of hatred. Feeling hatred diminishes you. It eats at your from within and attacks the immune system. When you have hatred inside you, it always crushes you in the end.

I read a poem every night, as others read a prayer.

Poetry is not only a set of words which are chosen to relate to each other; it is something which goes much further than that to provide a glimpse of our vision of the world.

There is an important erotic element in A Thousand and One Nights, which is one of the keys to understanding the Orient.

Most of those who died did not die of hunger but of hatred. Feeling hatred diminishes you. It eats at your from within and attacks the immune system. When you have hatred inside you, it always crushes you in the end.

An individual voice can be heard in a choir that otherwise sings in unison. This is something that is not excused.

I am a guest of the French language. My poems in French are born of my interaction with the French language, which is not the same as that of a French poet.