I am myself and I am here.

When my relations with the Communist Party gave me the necessary perspective I decided to write my autobiography. I wanted to show how a man can pass from literature held sacred to action which nevertheless remains that of an intellectual.

The lad who dreams of being a boxing champion or an admiral chooses reality. If the writer chooses the imaginary, he confuses the two.

We cannot withdraw our cards from the game. Were we as silent and mute as stones, our very passivity would be an act.

Uncalled-for aggression arouses the hatred of the civilian population.

Man is nothing else but what he makes of himself.

Freedom is existence, and in it existence precedes essence.