A biography for Jean Genethasn’t been written yet.
“Anyone who hasn't experienced the ecstasy of betrayal knows nothing about ecstasy at all.”
“The main object of a revolution is the liberation of man... not the interpretation and application of some transcendental ideology.”
“Repudiating the virtues of your world, criminals hopelessly agree to organize a forbidden universe. They agree to live in it. The air there is nauseating: they can breathe it.”
“To write is your last resort when you've betrayed someone.”
“I recognize in thieves, traitors and murderers, in the ruthless and the cunning, a deep beauty - a sunken beauty.”