A writer must refuse to allow himself to be transformed into an institution.

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

One cannot become a saint when one works sixteen hours a day.

I hate victims who respect their executioners.

Man can will nothing unless he has first understood that he must count on no one but himself.

I do not think therefore I am a moustache

A man who is free is like a mangy sheep in a herd. He will contaminate my entire kingdom and ruin my work.