The tapestry of history that seems so full of tragedy when viewed from the front has countless comic scenes woven into its reverse side. In truth, tragedy and comedy are the twin masks of history - its mass appeal.

Abasement, degradation is simply the manner of life of the man who has refused to be what it is his duty to be.

We live at a time when man believes himself fabulously capable of creation, but he does not know what to create.

To write well consists of continuously making small erosions, wearing away grammar in its established form, current norms of language. It is an act of permanent rebellion and subversion against social environs.

The hero's will is not that of his ancestors nor of his society, but his own. This will to be oneself is heroism.

Civilization is nothing else but the attempt to reduce force to being the last resort.

The form most contradictory to human life that can appear among the human species is the "self-satisfied man."