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

For what are we looking for if not to please? I do not know if the desire to attract others comes from a superabundance of vitality, possessiveness, or the hidden, unspoken need to be reassured.

Looking for pleasure is the best way to ensure you won't find it.

People respect unhappiness and find it especially hard to forgive success.

Art must take reality by surprise. It takes those moments which are for us merely a moment, plus a moment, plus another moment, and arbitrarily transforms them into a special series of moments held together by a major emotion.

When man, Apollo man, rockets into space, it isn't in order to find his brother, I'm quite sure of that. It's to confirm that he hasn't any brothers.

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.