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No matter how ephemeral it is, a novel is something, while despair is nothing.

A novel is a work of poetry. In order to write it, one must have tranquility of spirit and of impression.

There's no such thing as perfect writing, just like there's no such thing as perfect despair.

Despair is the conclusion of fools.

Naturally I drew register a little exaggerated, in order to create something new in the sense of a sublime literature that sings of despair only in order to oppress the reader, and make him desire the good as the remedy.

Poetry is an orphan of silence. The words never quite equal the experience behind them.

I'm inspired by the poets, so I'm always going to give in that direction, rather than in any other. It's the making of me... and also the downfall of me.

Despair is a cop-out, the ultimate abdication of all responsibility, in which people feel justified in their feelings of impotence. But if, on the other hand, you feel that your work in the world does make a difference and that you do have the power to change things, the nay-sayers will turn a deaf ear.

The poet's expression of joy conceals his despair at not having found the reality of joy.