Sometimes I write quickly, sometimes I spend several weeks on a single poem. I would really love for readers not to be able to guess which of the poems took so much work!

God was finally going to believe in a man both good and strong, but good and strong are still two different men.

Sometimes I write quickly, sometimes I spend several weeks on a single poem. I would really love for readers not to be able to guess which of the poems took so much work!

Poorly prepared for the dignity of life, I barely keep up with the pace of the action imposed. Reality demands.

In every tragedy, an element of comedy is preserved. Comedy is just tragedy reversed.

Contemporary poets are skeptical and suspicious even, or perhaps especially, about themselves. They publicly confess to being poets only reluctantly, as if they were a little ashamed of it. But in our clamorous times it's much easier to acknowledge your faults, at least if they're attractively packaged, than to recognize your own merits, since these are hidden deeper and you never quite believe in them yourself.

Secret codes resound. Doubts and intentions come to light.