The day knowledge was preferred to wisdom and mere usefulness to beauty. . . . Only a moral revolution -- not a social or a political revolution -- only a moral revolution would lead man back to his lost truth.

In every society the artist or writer remains an outsider.

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

If the unconscious must express itself it will do so through the work that you do consciously or subconsciously, with words, with what you have to say.

I was very fond of Lagneau’s phrase: “I have no comfort but in my absolute despair.

Writing ... is a profession that can only be learned by writing.

I believe that we must use language. If it is used in a feminist perspective, with a feminist sensibility, language will find itself changed in a feminist manner. It will nonetheless be the language. You can't not use this universal instrument; you can't create an artificial language, in my opinion. But naturally, each writer must use it in his/her own way.