"I write differently from what I speak, I speak differently from what I think, I think differently from the way I ought to think, and so it all proceeds into deepest darkness."
"I need solitude for my writing; not 'like a hermit' - that wouldn't be enough - but like a dead man."
"The meaning of life is that it stops."
"L'éternité, c'est long ... surtout vers la fin."
"Evil does not exist; once you have crossed the threshold, all is good. Once in another world, you must hold your tongue."
"Writing is utter solitude, the descent into the cold abyss of oneself."