It is certain that we cannot escape anguish, for we are anguish.
I am finishing a biography of [Gustave] Flaubert. Because he is the opposite of what I am. One needs to rub up against argument.
Uncalled-for aggression arouses the hatred of the civilian population.
Criticism often takes from the tree caterpillars and blossoms together.
Violence is good for those who have nothing to lose.
Do you think I can read [Alain] Robbe-Grillet in an underdeveloped country? He does not feel himself maimed.