"Deconstruction is not a demolition, but a careful dismantling to understand how a text or concept is put together."

"I never give in to the temptation to be difficult just for the sake of being difficult. That would be too ridiculous."

"Monsters cannot be announced. One cannot say: 'here are our monsters,' without immediately turning the monsters into pets."

"Hospitality is the unconditional welcoming of the other."

"The ghost is not simply a dead or missing person, but a social figure."