In every society the artist or writer remains an outsider.

I am not at all for a feminism which is entirely separatist, which would say, "this domain is purely for women." I don't believe that at all.

I had never believed in the sacred nature of literature. God had died when I was fourteen.

Each of us is responsible for everything and to every human being.

No one is more arrogant toward women, more aggressive or scornful, than the man who is anxious about his virility.

Virginia Woolf thought a lot about her own sex when she wrote. In the best sense of the word, her writing is very feminine, and by that I mean that women are supposed to be very sensitive to all the sensations of nature, much more so than men, much more contemplative. It's this quality that marks her best works.

You can't define the future. And in my opinion, you can't define the avant-garde.