When I mention somebody, that doesn't necessarily mean that I identify with him, personally or poetically. I'm extremely happy when I encounter poets who are different than I am. The ones who have their own distinct poetics provide me with the greatest experiences.

They say the first love's most important. That's very romantic, but not my experience.

I'd have to be really quick to describe clouds - a split second's enough for them to start being something else.

No day copies yesterday, no two nights will teach what bliss is in precisely the same way, with precisely the same kisses.

Even a graphomaniac is an extremely complicated person.

Memory at last has what I sought.

Each of us has a very rich nature and can look at things objectively, from a distance, and at the same time can have something more personal to say about them. I am trying to look at the world, and at myself, from many different points of view. I think many poets have this duality.