Sarcasm helps me overcome the harshness of the reality we live, eases the pain of scars and makes people smile.

The Arabs are ready to accept a strong Israel with nuclear arms - all it has to do is open the gates of its fortress and make peace.

I believe in the power of poetry, which gives me reasons to look ahead and identify a glint of light.

Poetry and beauty are always making peace. When you read something beautiful you find coexistence; it breaks walls down.

Poetry and beauty are always making peace. When you read something beautiful you find coexistence; it breaks walls down.

To be under occupation, to be under siege, is not a good inspiration for poetry.

Against barbarity, poetry can resist only by confirming its attachment to human fragility like a blade of grass growing on a wall while armies march by.

When a writer declares that his first book is his best, that is bad. I progress successively from book to book.

Some people ask, 'How do you attract the young and so many different people when your poetry is complicated and different?' I say, 'My accomplishment is that my readers trust me and accept my suggestions for change.'

When I passed the age of 50, I learned how to control my emotions.