Adolescence is not only an important period in life, but that it is the only period where one may speak of life in the full sense of the word.

Anything can happen in life, especially nothing.

In my own writing, I think of myself as a realist who exaggerates a little.

Life is painful and disappointing. It is useless, therefore, to write new realistic novels. We generally know where we stand in relation to reality and don’t care to know any more.

The Americans are completely stupid. The intellectual level in any single European country is higher than in America.

Depressive lucidity, usually described as a radical withdrawal from ordinary human concerns, generally manifests itself by a profound indifference to things which are genuinely of minor interest. Thus it is possible to imagine a depressed lover, while the idea of a depressed patriot seems frankly inconceivable.

There is no point in asking me general questions because I am always changing my mind.