Love lasts about seven years. That's how long it takes for the cells of the body to totally replace themselves.

Love is worth whatever it costs.

Every time I see a film about Joan of Arc I'm convinced she'll get away with it. It's the only way to get through life.

If you treat life well, life is usually good to you. And I love life. There's a long-standing affair between us.

happiness has always seemed to me a great achievement.

Marriage? It's like asparagus eaten with vinaigrette or hollandaise, a matter of taste but of no importance.

I shall live badly if I do not write, and I shall write badly if I do not live.