In our society, any man who doesn't cry at his mother's funeral is liable to be condemned to death.

…there's no question of heroism in all this. It's a matter of common decency. That's an idea which may make some people smile, but the only means of fighting a plague is - common decency.

One of the only coherent philosophical positions is thus revolt. It is a constant confrontation between man and his own obscurity.

To feel absolutely right is the beginning of the end.

In that daily effort in which intelligence and passion mingle and delight each other, the absurd man discovers a discipline that will make up the greatest of his strengths. The required diligence and doggedness and lucidity thus resemble the conqueror's attitude. To create is likewise to give a shape to one's fate. For all these characters, their work defines them at least as much as it is defined by them. The actor taught us this: There is no frontier between being and appearing.

On good days, if you trust life, life has to answer you.

I love life - that’s my real weakness. I love it so much that I am incapable of imagining what is not life.