[Contemporary writer] could be a kind of [Samuel] Beckett who would not be felt to be totally committed to despair.
The world would get along very well without literature. It would get along even better without man.
It is certain that we cannot escape anguish, for we are anguish.
Existence is prior to essence.
emotion is first of all and in principle an accident
If you begin by saying, 'Thou shalt not lie,' there is no longer any possibility of political action.