I can receive nothing more from these tragic solitudes than a little empty purity.
I should wish [Alain Robbe-Grillet] to realize that Guinea exists.
If you seek authenticity for authenticity's sake you are no longer authentic.
Fear? If I have gained anything by damning myself, it is that I no longer have anything to fear.
I am finishing a biography of [Gustave] Flaubert. Because he is the opposite of what I am. One needs to rub up against argument.
Every human endeavor, however singular it seems, involves the whole human race.