Last election shows that there's a big discrepancy between two parts of the country. That discrepancy also exists in France, but we've had the National Front for forty years, and it only took Trump one year to get elected. Very fast. That's the surprising thing. In France we thought everybody liked Obama, but maybe the media were lying. Maybe they didn't.

My novels are all ideas.

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

Why am I popular? I don't know. Is it a mistake? I should think it's a mistake somewhere.

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

Those who think they know me are simply lacking in information.

Beds last on an average much longer than marriages.