I hate victims who respect their executioners.

Man's existence precedes his essence

When my relations with the Communist Party gave me the necessary perspective I decided to write my autobiography. I wanted to show how a man can pass from literature held sacred to action which nevertheless remains that of an intellectual.

Never have I thought that I was the happy possessor of a "talent;" my sole concern has been to save myself by work and faith.

The world would get along very well without literature. It would get along even better without man.

Everything that exists is born for no reason, carries on living through weakness, and dies by accident

I can receive nothing more from these tragic solitudes than a little empty purity.