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.

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

The nearer I come to the end of my days, the more I am enabled to see that strange thing, a life, and to see it whole.

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

Sometimes speech is no more than a device for saying nothing - and a neater one than silence.

The ideal of happiness has always taken material form in the house, whether cottage or castle; it stands for permanence and separation from the world.

One is not born, but rather becomes, a woman.