However gifted an individual is at the outset, if his or her talents cannot be developed because of his or her social condition, because of the surrounding circumstances, these talents will be still-born.

Few tasks are more like the torture of Sisyphus than housework, with its endless repetition: the clean becomes soiled, the soiled is made clean, over and over, day after day.

For years I thought my work still lay ahead, and now I find it is behind me: there was no moment when it took place.

You can't assume the responsibility for everything you do or don't do.

The writer can't stop her unconscious from showing up, that's certain.

In order to be an artist, one must be deeply rooted in the society.

Many things would be changed for Americans if they would only admit that there is ill-luck in this world and that misfortune is not a priori a crime.