A man attaches himself to woman -- not to enjoy her, but to enjoy himself.

I never thought of myself as being in the avant-garde. I said what I had to say, as I was able to say it.

In fact, people seem to be tired of fiction now. There are so many other ways of exploring humanity - by ethnology, psychoanalysis, and so on. It's a little boring to make up stories. So many people think that it's better to be very close to reality and to recount one's life as it is rather than to fictionalize, as they say, that is to transpose, and therefore to cheat.

A couple who go on living together merely because that was how they began, without any other reason: was that what we were turning into?

Some things I loved have vanished. A great many others have been given to me

Self-knowledge is no guarantee of happiness, but it is on the side of happiness and can supply the courage to fight for it.

If I were proud of anything in my life, it would be of our love. I feel we have to tell to each other as many things as we can, so we are not only lovers, but the closest of friends at the same time.