Nathalie Sarraute Quotes

We all have this double impulse within ourselves: the desire to integrate into society, and the need to fulfil ourselves outside of it, through our own efforts.

You know that one should feel happy. All the true writers have experienced this feeling. When one does not experience it, I am obliged to tell you that it is a bad sign.

The word ‘psychology’ is one that no author today can hear said about her work without lowering her eyes and blushing.

Those who live in a world of human beings can only retrace their steps.