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

Passion is the salt of life, and that at the times when we are under its spell this salt is indispensable to us, even if we have got along very well without it before.

There are moments when you feel trapped, ill at ease. A year later the same feeling can turn out to be the theme of a book.

Houses are for private living, for friends, and for dogs.

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

Writing is a question of finding a certain rhythm. I compare it to the rhythms of jazz. Much of the time life is a sort of rhythmic progression of three characters. If one tells oneself that life is like that, one feels it less arbitrary.

A love affair based on jealousy is doomed from the start ... It is certanly a sign of love, but it's a sign that it's already dying.