It must always be considered as though spoken by a character in a novel

As a language, Garbo's singularity was of the order of the concept, that of Audrey Hepburn is of the order of the substance; the face of Garbo is an Idea, that of Hepburn, an Event.

Literature is like phosphorus: it shines with its maximum brilliance and the moment when it attempts to die.

As Spectator I wanted to explore photography not as a question (a theme) but as a wound.

I call the discourse of power any discourse that engenders blame, hence guilt, in its recipient.

Who speaks is not who writes, and who writes is not who is.

Language is legislation, speech is its code. We do not see the power which is in speech because we forget that all speech is a classification, and that all classifications are oppressive.