emotion is first of all and in principle an accident

It is always more valuable to report the truth.

A writer must refuse to allow himself to be transformed into an institution, even if it takes place in the most honorable form.

I think [Alain Robbe-Grillet] a good writer, but he speaks to the comfortable bourgeoisie.

One is still what one is going to cease to be and already what one is going to become. One lives one's death, one dies one's life.

The more absurd life is, the more insupportable death is.

It is disgusting -- Why must we have bodies?