Mary Queen of Scots was my first love, and that is always something special.

I'm glad I was never an heiress.

I decided as usual that justice lay in the middle - that is to say nowhere.

Normally I make myself swim, do exercises. For zest I like going to the cinema.

Ninety-seven is my lucky number.

Her imperturbable self-confidence (Duchesse de Maine) caused Madame de Stael to write that the Duchesse believed in herself the same way she believed in God, without explanation or discussion.

That is my major concern: writers who are in prison for writing.