Philosophically I am, or at least have been, a follower of Sartre. I am very interested in the choices we make, or don't make, in life-defining matters. That moment of 'angst' and its consequences can be such a cruel thing.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I liked Sartre's views but not his writing.
People used to think I was just a shouty comic but I was doing stuff about Sartre.
I was much influenced by Jean-Paul Sartre.
You can't be angsty all day or else it becomes a sort of pale angst.
What interests me is the surprising enormous extent to which most people accept the fate that's been given to them, and find some dignity.
Jean-Paul Sartre, the existentialist philosopher who celebrated the anguish of decision as a hallmark of responsibility, has no place in Silicon Valley.
Without faith that there's a world beyond the one we live in, I don't see how it's possible to get rid of angst.
To this day, I still would choose the angst over something easier, when I really don't have to.
I was filled with angst all the time, but when it came down to it, I dove into what was in front of me, and I always did my best. I invested 100 percent. And that's what saved me.
Camus believed in dialogue and diplomacy, and enlisted his work as a philosopher to the need to find nonviolent solutions, whereas Sartre called for violent conflicts and justified terror.