That is exactly the writer's problem. What does literature stand for in a hungry world?

Once freedom lights its beacon in man's heart, the gods are powerless against him.

Words There is no good father, that's the rule. Don't lay the blame on men but on the bond of paternity, which is rotten. To beget children, nothing better; to have them, what iniquity!

That is exactly the writer's problem. What does literature stand for in a hungry world?

I am alone in the midst of these happy, reasonable voices. All these creatures spend their time explaining, realizing happily that they agree with each other. In Heaven's name, why is it so important to think the same things all together.

At that time [1954], as a result of political events, I was deeply preoccupied by my relations with the Communist Party.

As for me, I am mean: that means that I need the suffering of others to exist. A flame. A flame in their hearts. When I am all alone, I am extinguished.