A writer should never install himself before a panorama, however grandiose it may be.
Blaise CendrarsWithout the help of selfishness, the human animal would never have developed. Egoism is the vine by which man hoisted himself out of the swamp and escaped from the jungle.
Blaise CendrarsOne's life, from being an exterior thing, grows inwards. Its intensity stays the same; and, d'you know, it's most mysterious, the corners in which the joy of living can sometimes hide away.
Blaise Cendrars