Not one of us can lie or pretend. We're all fixed in good faith in a certain concept of ourselves.

Logic is one thing, the human animal another. You can quite easily propose a logical solution to something and at the same time hope in your heart of hearts it won't work out.

If only we could see in advance all the harm that can come from the good we think we are doing.

We're like so many puppets hung on the wall, waiting for someone to come and move us or make us talk.

The man, the writer, the instrument of the creation will die, but his creation does not die.

I present myself to you in a form suitable to the relationship I wish to achieve with you.

If you shut yourself up disdainfully in your ivory tower and insist that you have your own conscience and are satisfied with its approval, it is because you know that everybody is criticizing you, condemning you, or laughing at you.