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

The more one is absorbed in fighting evil, the less one is tempted to place the good in question.

How can I, who was not able to retain my own past, hope to save that of another?

If you begin by saying, 'Thou shalt not lie,' there is no longer any possibility of political action.

Man is what he wills himself to be.

We only become what we are by the radical and deep-seated refusal of that which others have made of us.

In Les Mots I explain the origin of my madness, of my neurosis. This analysis may help the young who dream of writing.