I wrote some bad poetry that I published in North African journals, but even as I withdrew into this reading, I also led the life of a kind of young hooligan. Jacques Derrida africanbadhooligan Change image and share on social
My most resolute opponents believe that I am too visible, that I am a little too alive, that my name echoes too much in the texts which they nevertheless claim to be inaccessible. Jacques Derrida aliveclaimecho Change image and share on social
To pretend, I actually do the thing: I have therefore only pretended to pretend. Jacques Derrida pretendthing Change image and share on social
I never give in to the temptation to be difficult just for the sake of being difficult. That would be too ridiculous. Jacques Derrida difficultgiveridiculous Change image and share on social
I do not believe in pure idioms. I think there is naturally a desire, for whoever speaks or writes, to sign in an idiomatic, irreplaceable manner. Jacques Derrida desireidiomidiomatic Change image and share on social
I have always had trouble recognizing myself in the features of the intellectual playing his political role according to the screenplay that you are familiar with and whose heritage deserves to be questioned. Jacques Derrida deservefamiliarfeature share on social
In Algeria, I had begun to get into literature and philosophy. I dreamed of writing-and already models were instructing the dream, a certain language governed it. Jacques Derrida algeriabegindream Change image and share on social
Whatever precautions you take so the photograph will look like this or that, there comes a moment when the photograph surprises you. It is the other's gaze that wins out and decides. Jacques Derrida decidegazemoment Change image and share on social
Certain readers resented me when they could no longer recognize their territory, their institution. Jacques Derrida institutionlongreader Change image and share on social
No one gets angry at a mathematician or a physicist whom he or she doesn't understand, or at someone who speaks a foreign language, but rather at someone who tampers with your own language. Jacques Derrida angryforeignlanguage Change image and share on social
