I do not believe in God; his existence has been disproved by Science. But in the concentration camp, I learned to believe in men.

When one does nothing, one believes oneself responsible for everything.

When I can't see myself in the mirror, I can't even feel myself, and I begin to wonder if I exist at all.

The revolution you dream of is not ours. You don't want to change the world; you want to blow it up.

I admire [Samuel] Beckett, but I am totally against him. He seeks no improvement.

It would be much better if I could only stop thinking. Thoughts are the dullest things. Duller than flesh. They stretch out and there's no end to them and they leave a funny taste in the mouth. Then there are words, inside the thoughts, unfinished words, a sketchy sentence which constantly returns...It goes, it goes ... and there's no end to it. It's worse than the rest because I feel responsible and have complicity in it. For example, this sort of painful rumination: I exist, I am the one who keeps it up. I.

I think that is the big danger in keeping a diary: you exaggerate everything.