Reality is not an inspiration for literature. At its best, literature is an inspiration for reality.
Romain GaryThe avantgarde are people who don't exactly know where they want to go, but are the first to get there.
Romain GaryHumor is an affirmation of dignity, a declaration of man's superiority to all that befalls him.
Romain GaryI am weak, I say with no presumptions. I have no merit, I note it, that is all. There are times that I feel so weak there most be a mistake, and as I don't know what I mean with this, I am not going to say anything else
Romain GaryWith maternal love, life makes a promise at dawn that it can never hold. You are forced to eat cold food until your days end. After that, each time a woman holds you in her arms and against her chest, these are merely condolences. You always come back to yell at your mother's grave like an abandoned dog. Never again, never again, never again.
Romain Gary