Hours of solitude, hours of creation, hours of meditation. Solitude and meditation gave me an awareness, a perspective which I have never lost: that of solidarity with the rest of mankind.

Poetry must be human. If it is not human, it is not poetry.

Poetry is a succession of questions which the poet constantly poses.

You can be in love and you can be in a relationship. But they’re not always the same thing.

Her take is that I'm just a late bloomer - that I'm taking forever to ruin my life, she's running out of patience.

No design, no matter how common or seemingly insignificant, is without its adamant critics as well as its ardent admirers.

I want people to bow as they see me and say he is gifted with poetry, he has seen the presence of the creator.

I provide a little comic relief.

If we say leaders are incompetent, we are going to fuel extremist, populist, xenophobic and ultra-nationalist parties.

I wanted to prove that I could do something, so I made a short film. That was in fact my main concern, to be able to show that I could do one.

As long as I can still be on my own and do my own thing and be working full time, it's great.

I'm not digging tunnels, I'm not building buildings. My work is not hard, my work is refreshing, my work is pleasant. The more the better. Lying around and getting no job is debilitating.

Tragedies happen, accidents happen.