In order to pass the time I told him the story of the German who ate the other German whom he’d met on the internet.

I think it's more difficult to live without a religion, definitely.

On Sunday morning I went out for a while in the neighbourhood; I bought some raisin bread. The day was warm but a little sad, as Sundays often are in Paris, especially when one doesn't believe in God.

The triumph of vegetation is total.

Not having anything around to read is dangerous: you have to content yourself with life itself, and that can lead you to take risks.

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.

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