A Poet Clings To His Own Tradition

Poetry Is The Revelation Of A Feeling That The Poet Believes To Be Interior And Personal But Which The Reader Recognizes As His Own.

Religious Power, Which, As I Have Already Said, Frequently Identifies Itself With Political Power, Has Always Been A Protagonist Of This Bitter Struggle, Even When It Seemingly Was Neutral.

War, I Have Always Said, Forces Men To Change Their Standards, Regardless Of Whether Their Country Has Won Or Lost.

The Writer Of Stories Or Of Novels Settles On Men And Imitates Them; He Exhausts The Possibilities Of His Characters.

We Wrote Verses That Condemned Us, With No Hope Of Pardon, To The Most Bitter Solitude.