No one talks about money more than people who have too much of it.

The questions I would have liked to ask people were: ‘Are you in love? What are you reading?

Life has confirmed for me the thoughts and impressions I had when I was 18, as if it was all intuition.

The one thing I regret is that I will never have time to read all the books I want to read.

If you don't have imagination you're lost. But it's a virtue that's becoming increasingly rare, especially in its higher form: spontaneity. Mad, happy spontaneity.

You should celebrate the end of a love affair as they celebrate death in New Orleans, with songs, laughter, dancing and a lot of wine.

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.