[In my writing] I know that I have made a caricature out of [others' academic] theories [but] I think that caricatures are frequently good portraits.

And what would we be, we sinful creatures, without fear, perhaps the most foresighted, the most loving of the divine gifts?

I like nicotine because it excites my brain and helps me work.

All the theories of conspiracy were always a way to escape our responsibilities. It is a very important kind of social sickness by which we avoid recognizing reality such as it is and avoid our responsibilities.

We are formed by little scraps of wisdom.

Translation is the art of failure.

I consider always the adult life to be the continuous retrieval of childhood.