A poet's work is to name the unnameable, to point at frauds, to take sides, start arguments, shape the world, and stop it going to sleep.

I don’t create art for fame or money. I create it because I have to.

艺术家必须无视‘高雅’与‘通俗’之间的区别。艺术家必须热爱生活，并展示出我们可以成为世界与人性的镜子。

在每个角色中，都有我的一部分，而在我身上，也有我扮演的每个角色的一部分。

The more personal it is, the more universal it is.

The only freedom which deserves the name is that of pursuing our own good in our way， so long as we do not attempt to deprive others of theirs or impede their efforts to obtain it.