We do not wish to say only that a man is responsible for his own individuality, but that he is responsible for that of all men.

We only become what we are by the radical and deep-seated refusal of that which others have made of us.

I think [Alain Robbe-Grillet] a good writer, but he speaks to the comfortable bourgeoisie.

I exist, that is all, and I find it nauseating.

Originally, poetry creates the myth, while the prose-writer draws its portrait.

The appearance of the other in the world corresponds therefore to a congealed sliding of the whole universe.

Better to have beasts that let themselves be killed than men who run away.