Nathalie Sarraute — Russian Lawyer born on July 18, 1900, died on October 19, 1999

Nathalie Sarraute was a French lawyer and writer... (wikipedia)

Television has lifted the manufacture of banality out of the sphere of handicraft and placed it in that of a major industry.
It's a question of not copying the masters, to look for something, good or bad, for oneself. To enter this liberated state of mind, one cannot copy the others.
Suspicion is one of the morbid reactions by which an organism defends itself and seeks another equilibrium.
The act of writing is a kind of catharsis, a liberation, but I never really concerned myself with that. I write because it interests me.
One can't write without having read - you have to read before beginning to write - and universities offer a very good opportunity to read.