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

Even a polemic has some justification if one considers that my own first poetic experiments began during a dictatorship and mark the origin of the Hermetic movement.

A poet clings to his own tradition and avoids internationalism.

The poet does not fear death, not because he believes in the fantasy of heroes, but because death constantly visits his thoughts and is thus an image of a serene dialogue.

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

Poetry is the revelation of a feeling that the poet believes to be interior and personal but which the reader recognizes as his own.

Europeans know the importance of the Resistance; it has been the shining example of the modern conscience.

The antagonism between the poet and the politician has generally been evident in all cultures.

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

From the night, his solitude, the poet finds day and starts a diary that is lethal to the inert. The dark landscape yields a dialogue.

We wrote verses that condemned us, with no hope of pardon, to the most bitter solitude.

Life is an adventure. No-one knows if you can do it but yourself. Set a high bar.

People took what they wanted, they clutched at coincidences, the few there were, and made a life from them. . . . Choices are made in brief seconds and paid for in the time that remains.

Great woman belong to history and to self sacrifice.

You've got yoga, I've got beer. You got overpriced, I got weird.

If someone with multiple personalities threatens to kill himself, is it considered a hostage situation?

A hero is a goddam stupid thing to have in the first place and a general block to anything you might wanta accomplish on your own.

Fame is fickle. If the media turn against me, I will just have more time in the library. Not bad as a fate.

So, I can hurt now, or hurt later.

Remember, heads high. Smiles. They're going to love you!