"The problem was always to break down the barrier between the public and the private. Authoritarian governments thrive on secrecy, blackmail, and intimidation. If poetry can include our actual lives an…"

"I believe that we are put here in human form to decipher the hieroglyphs of love and suffering. And, there is no degree of love or intensity of feeling that does not bring with it the possibility of a…"

"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 a great believer in the power of imagination, and the power of creativity, and the power of expression."

"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…"