A writer must be stubborn, must have a vocation of sacrifice, and must accept that literature is a very cruel mistress.

The modern state is characterized by its ability to concentrate and use power in a way that premodern states could not.

我对诗歌可以与读者进行某种对话的方式感兴趣。

I have to be alone very often. I'd be quite happy if I spent from Saturday night until Monday morning alone in my apartment. That's how I refuel.

We are all ghosts of ourselves, haunting the places we once lived.

You don't love because: you love despite; not for the virtues, but despite the faults.