Our steps invent the path as we proceed; behind us they leave no trace, only the void. So we shall always look ahead and trust our feet. They will take us as far as our minds will go... -- Tahar ben Jelloun

I'd thought sexuality was instinctive or natural, but it's profoundly linked to inner security and cultural context.

Intellectuals try to keep going. But their situation is very difficult. Those who have had the courage to voice their opposition have often paid a very high price.

Poetry is a form of mathematics, a highly rigorous relationship with words.

It is impossible to disregard such an important medium as television. We should know how to use it, learn to work in it and express new values in it.

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.

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