Art must take reality by surprise.
The one thing I regret is that I will never have time to read all the books I want to read.
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.
Love is worth whatever it costs.
I've read Proust and Stendhal. That keeps you in your place.
Jazz music is an intensified feeling of nonchalance.