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.

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

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.

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

Money may not buy happiness, but I'd rather cry in a Jaguar than on a bus.

I think the best way to waste time is to try to save time.

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.