People who do not see the terrible things therefore do not see the beautiful things, either.

I could be with a woman in a bed, for weeks even, and it would seem to me like three seconds. Or 300 years.

At sixteen I get drafted. When I read the draft notice, I cry. Not because I'm a coward - I'm not afraid of anyone. But I don't want to kill or be killed.

Whenever I was with a woman, I always sort of want another one. So there was always another one. I can't explain this, but it means that these women, they were not sharing my solitude.

One should judge a man mainly from his depravities. Virtues can be faked. Depravities are real.

I am dying of hunger.

It is true what Rimbaud said; If you think a book is strong enough, try it at the ocean, in the wind, at the waves. If the book can resist the ocean, then it exists. Otherwise, throw it away.