Man is what he wills himself to be.

I have always been happy. Even if I had been more honest with regard to myself at that moment I should still have written La Nausee.

Besides one should not believe that the people only want reading that is easy to absorb.

The consciousness that says 'I am' is not the consciousness that thinks.

At that time [1954], as a result of political events, I was deeply preoccupied by my relations with the Communist Party.

Nothingness lies coiled in the heart of being - like a worm.

Only the guy who isn't rowing has time to rock the boat.