An individual voice can be heard in a choir that otherwise sings in unison. This is something that is not excused.

Intellectuals try to keep going. But their situation is very difficult. Those who have had the courage to voice their opposition have often paid a very high price.

New ideas should confront old ideas. We must refer to the example of Europe. People have fought to make Europe what it is today. Freedom is not something that is served up on a plate.

I am a guest of the French language. My poems in French are born of my interaction with the French language, which is not the same as that of a French poet.

We have no Arab intellectuals of international stature because we live in a state of generalized mediocrity. We are suspended in the pit without touching the bottom.

I love life in spite of all that mars it. I love friendship, jokes and laughter.