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

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.

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

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.

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.

You endure what is supposedly unbearable, and before you know it, you would have done the impossible by bearing the unbearable.

I don't think there are any new media I'd like to cover.

God himself is not secure, having given man dominion over his work.

I like the noise of democracy.

It's not what you start in life, it's what you finish.

When I was growing up, we always had music playing in our household. I enjoy spending time with my father singing.

I love the fact that it's not only about Star Trek, but about science fiction in general, and science.

My problem is that I think everybody needs to work as hard as I worked when I was in my prime.

I write constantly about everything.

I make things of my own that aren't that glam, but I'm not known for that, which has always been a bit of a frustration for me.