A character is never the author who created him. It is quite likely, however, that an author may be all his characters simultaneously.

...there was only one thing that interested her and that was getting into bed with men whenever she'd the chance. And I warned her straight. 'You'll be sorry one day, my girl, and wish you'd got me back'.

Marxism is not scientific: at the best, it has scientific prejudices.

If we understood the enigmas of life there would be no need for art.

Nihilism is not only despair and negation, but above all the desire to despair and to negate.

There can be no question of holding forth on ethics. I have seen people behave badly with great morality and I note every day that integrity has no need of rules

Ce que je sais de la morale, c'est au football que je le dois. (I know of morality, it is football that I owe.)