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.

What would Prince Charming have for occupation if he had not to awaken the Sleeping beauty?

A man of the right doesn't write in the same way as a man of the left, you can see that right away, or a woman of the right or a woman of the left.

No existence can be validly fulfilled if it is limited to itself.

I willingly trust myself to chance. I let my thoughts wander, I digress, not only sitting at my work, but all day long, all night even. It often happens that a sentence suddenly runs through my head before I go to bed, or when I am unable to sleep, and I get up again and write it down.

All the idols made by man, however terrifying they may be, are in point of fact subordinate to him, and that is why he will always have it in his power to destroy them.

When women act like women, they are accused of being inferior. When women act like human beings, they are accused of behaving like men.