Practically all writers and artists are aware of their destiny and see themselves as actors in a fateful drama. With me, nothing is momentous: obscure youth, glorious old age, fateful coincidences - nothing really matters. I have written a number of good sentences. I have kept free of delusions. I know I am going to die soon.

A plant needs roots in order to grow. With man it is the other way around: only when he grows does he have roots and feels at home in the world.

In an adequate social order, the untalented should be able to acquire a sense of usefulness and of growth without interfering with the development of talent around them

Charlatanism of some degree is indispensable to effective leadership.

The opposite of the religious fanatic is not the fanatical atheist but the gentle cynic who cares not whether there is a god or not.

All great art is revolutionary because it touches upon the reality of man and questions the reality of the various transitory forms of human society.

Sometimes we feel the loss of a prejudice as a loss of vigor.