"I am a revolutionary, but I am also a conservative. I want to conserve the revolutionary impulse."

"I would prefer not to be understood correctly. It's better to be misunderstood in an interesting way."

"I don't think. I just write. And then I read what I wrote and I say, 'Ah, that's what I think!'"

"As a Marxist, let me add: if anyone tells you Lacan is difficult, this is class propaganda by the enemy."

"I'm a pessimist, but I'm an optimistic pessimist. I believe things will go wrong, but I'm happy about it."