The funny thing in France is that writers are not allowed to retire, because the French government say you are still earning money from books you wrote 20 years ago.
Peter MayleYou don't like it when a French housewife gets mad at you. If she gets steam behind her, she is an unstoppable creature.
Peter MayleThe great thing about having money is that you can actually just get on with your life and not have to think about paying the bills or crouch over The Wall Street Journal or the Financial Times and look at the stock figures and things like that. That bores me rigid.
Peter Mayle