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.

All my life, I will continue obstinately to write about love, solitude and passion among the kind of people I know. The rest don't interest me.

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.

One partner is always more in love than the other.

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

I dreamt of being a writer once I started to read. I started to write 'Bonjour Tristesse' in bistros around the Sorbonne. I finished it, I sent it to editors. It was accepted.

For me writing is a question of finding a certain rhythm. I compare it to the rhythms of jazz.