I think it's very painful, and that it's better not to have any doubts. I envy those who don't have any; I envy them a lot. They are happy people.

The act of writing is a kind of catharsis, a liberation, but I never really concerned myself with that. I write because it interests me.

One can't write for all readers. A poet cannot write for people who don't like poetry.

One can't write without having read - you have to read before beginning to write - and universities offer a very good opportunity to read.

Women have seen that they have locked themselves up with feminist writing.

I have never sought the reason why I write.