For me, the problem of time is linked up with that of death, with the thought that we inevitably draw closer and closer to it, with the horror of decay.

Given masculine norms, it is clear that women are more likely to be considered crazy - I'm not saying to be crazy.

Every war, every revolution, demands the sacrifice of a generation, of a collectivity, by those who undertake it.

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

Virginia Woolf thought a lot about her own sex when she wrote. In the best sense of the word, her writing is very feminine, and by that I mean that women are supposed to be very sensitive to all the sensations of nature, much more so than men, much more contemplative. It's this quality that marks her best works.

Literature is always what the dominant ideology recognizes as literature.

One's life has value so long as one attributes value to the life of others, by means of love, friendship, indignation and compassion.