"Morao sam tokom njemačke okupacije svakodnevno gaziti preko leševa ljudi, a bilo je, kao i srednjem vijeku, kola na konjsku vuču, punih leševa; međutim, čak i u toj tački je pravljena odlična poezija, kako bi se ljudima pomoglo da izdrže," izjavio je on za SETimes.
"I had to walk over dead bodies every day during the German occupation, and there were horse-drawn wagons, like in the Middle Ages, filled with bodies; but even at that point, great poetry was produced, to help people cope," he told SETimes.