Whisky, gambling and Ferraris are better than housework.

I don't think there's any intrinsic difference between a lover and a husband. ... If I were cynical, I would say that a woman should have both a good husband and a lover. But I'm not cynical so I'll just say that a woman should have a lover who's a good husband and a husband who's a good lover, perhaps both.

I always believe things are going to work out.

Illness is the opposite of freedom. It makes everything impossible.

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.

I've read Proust and Stendhal. That keeps you in your place.

A Strange melancholy pervades me to which I hesitate to give the grave and beautiful name of sorrow. The idea of sorrow has always appealed to me but now I am almost ashamed of it's complete egoism. I have known boredom, regret, and occasionally remorse, but never sorrow. Today it envelops me like a silken web, enervating and soft, and sets me apart from everybody else.