Freedom is existence, and in it existence precedes essence.

Fear? If I have gained anything by damning myself, it is that I no longer have anything to fear.

Naturally, in the course of my life I have made lots of mistakes, large and small, for one reason or another, but at the heart of it all, every time I made a mistake it was because I was not radical enough.

It is disgusting -- Why must we have bodies?

If a Jew is fascinated by Christians it is not because of their virtues, which he values little, but because they represent anonymity, humanity without race.

Acting is a question of absorbing other people's personalities and adding some of your own experience.

A writer who takes political, social or literary positions must act only with the means that are his. These means are the written words.