"I want to be a saint, a madman, a criminal, a prophet, a god, a monster, a genius, an ordinary man, a holy man, a sexual maniac, a mystic, a poet, a lover, a father, a son, a brother, a friend, a neig…"

"I'm not a philosopher. I'm a poet."

"I feel my life is sterile, I am unbloomed, unused, I have nothing I can have that I will ever want, only some love, only dearness and tenderness, to make me weep. I am moved now and sad and unhappy be…"

"I am a dream, and I am a nightmare, and I am a fantasy, and I am a reality, and I am a myth, and I am a legend."

"I'm not a beatnik. I'm a poet."