A work of art is above all an adventure of the mind.
Drama lies in extreme exaggeration of the feelings, an exaggeration that dislocates flat everyday reality.
A really conscientious doctor ought to die with his patient. The captain goes down with his ship.
A civil servant doesn't make jokes.
I long for solitude and yet I cannot stand it.
It's not a certain society that seems ridiculous to me, it's mankind.