The Americans are completely stupid. The intellectual level in any single European country is higher than in America.

I think that if I am notorious, it is because other people have decided that this is how I should be.

The love of a dog is a pure thing. He gives you a trust which is total. You must not betray it.

People are suspicious of single men on vacation, after they get to a certain age: they assume that they're selfish, and probably a bit pervy. I can't say they're wrong.

When you read the Koran, you give up. At least the Bible is very beautiful because Jews have an extraordinary literary talent.

Tenderness is a deeper instinct than seduction, which is why it is so hard to give up hope.

A reactionary is someone who wants to return to a previous state - that's never a possibility in my books. For me, everything's irreversible in the life of a society, as well as an individual's.