No one is more conventional than a woman who is falling out of love.

Writing is just having a sheet of paper, a pen and not a shadow of an idea of what you are going to say.

After Proust, there are certain things that simply cannot be done again. He marks off for you the boundaries of your talent.

When you make a decision to write according to a set schedule and really stick to it, you find yourself writing very fast. At least I do.

happiness has always seemed to me a great achievement.

Whisky, gambling and Ferraris are better than housework.

He lifted me up and held me close against him, my head on his shoulder. At that moment I loved him. In the morning light he was as golden, as soft, as gentle as myself, and he would protect me.