It amused me to think that one can tell the truth when one is drunk and nobody will believe it.

After Proust, there are certain things that simply cannot be done again. He marks off for you the boundaries of your talent.

Nothing brings on jealousy like laughter.

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

There is no such thing as an ideal man. The ideal man is the man you love at the moment.

Love is worth whatever it costs.

The happiness of people who are in love and who are loved shows in their faces. They have an expression that's at once very far away and very much part of the present.