I'm interested in philosophical psychology, people like Nietzsche, Freud, Alcan, Foucault, Derrida.

It seemed to me that the real philosophical breakthroughs of the 20th century were in terms of the understanding of language. What is language? Where does it come from, how does it work, what does it do?

People go their whole lives wanting to be admired for their hidden qualities.

Just as my body had changed at puberty, now I was developing a sense of guilt, a sense not only of how I appeared to others, but of how I appeared to myself, especially in violating self-imposed prohibitions.

The mad were put in asylums, but the sane are worse off in their offices.

If you get depressed, you can be stuck for months; if you have an analyst, you at least have a chance of getting out of it faster.