It would be bad form for me to describe people I don't know and don't understand.

The questions I would have liked to ask people were: ‘Are you in love? What are you reading?

To jealousy, nothing is more frightful than laughter.

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.

Curiosity is the beginning of all wisdom.

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

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.