No one, but no one, ever behaves 'well' in bed unless they love or are loved - two conditions seldom fulfilled.
I've read Proust and Stendhal. That keeps you in your place.
All my life, I will continue obstinately to write about love, solitude and passion among the kind of people I know. The rest don't interest me.
The happiness of others is never bearable for very long.
Art must take reality by surprise.
I shall live badly if I do not write, and I shall write badly if I do not live.