(…) jest naiwnością mniemanie, jakoby zachwyt nasz wobec dzieła sztuki z nas samych pochodził: że zachwyt ten w sporej mierze nie rodzi się z ludzi, ale między ludźmi, i jest to tak jakbyśmy wzajemnie zmuszali się do zachwytu (choć nikt „osobiście” nie jest zachwycony). / It is naive to believe that the admiration for a masterpiece is spontaneous. The admiration, to a great extent, is not born within people but between people, as if we forced each other to admire (while no one is “personally” enraptured). (Dziennik, 1956, XX, Wtorek I)

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In the story "Pamiętnik z okresu dojrzewania" the author above all engages in paradoxes which control the entrance of the individual into the social world and also the repressed passions which rule human behaviour. Moreover his dramas were repeatedly staged in the most important theatres in the whole world by the prominent directors such as Jorge Lavelli Alf Sjöberg Ingmar Bergman along with Jerzy Jarocki and Jerzy Grzegorzewski in Poland. ) In 1911 his family moved to Warsaw.

His works are characterized by deep psychological analysis a certain sense of paradox and an absurd anti-nationalist flavor. He gained fame only during the last years of his life but is now considered one of the foremost figures of Polish literature.