happiness has always seemed to me a great achievement. — Francoise Sagan Achievement Copy Share Image
It would be bad form for me to describe people I don't know and don't understand. — Francoise Sagan Copy Share Image
“We always want someone we've treated badly to be gay. It's less upsetting.” — Françoise Sagan Homosexuality Copy Share Image
Nous sommes peu à penser trop, trop à penser peu. (There are a few who think too much, and many who think too little) — Francoise Sagan Nous Copy Share Image
Writing is just having a sheet of paper, a pen and not a shadow of an idea of what you are going… — Francoise Sagan Ideas Copy Share Image
The one thing I regret is that I will never have time to read all the books I want to read. — Francoise Sagan Book Copy Share Image
I shall live badly if I do not write, and I shall write badly if I do not live. — Francoise Sagan Balance Copy Share Image
“He amado hasta llegar a la locura; y eso a lo que llaman locura, para mi, es la única forma sensata de… — Françoise Sagan Amor Copy Share Image
After Proust, there are certain things that simply cannot be done again. He marks off for you the boundaries of your talent. — Francoise Sagan Boundaries Copy Share Image
All my life, I will continue obstinately to write about love, solitude and passion among the kind of people I know. The… — Francoise Sagan Interest Copy Share Image
It seems to me that there are two kinds of trickery: the "fronts" people assume before one another's eyes, and the "front"… — Francoise Sagan Copy Share Image
You should celebrate the end of a love affair as they celebrate death in New Orleans, with songs, laughter, dancing and a… — Francoise Sagan Affair Copy Share Image
A love affair based on jealousy is doomed from the start ... It is certanly a sign of love, but it's a… — Francoise Sagan Affair Copy Share Image
When you make a decision to write according to a set schedule and really stick to it, you find yourself writing very… — Francoise Sagan Decision Copy Share Image
Writing is a question of finding a certain rhythm. I compare it to the rhythms of jazz. Much of the time life… — Francoise Sagan Copy Share Image
For this was the round of love: fear which leads on desire, tenderness and fury, and that brutal anguish which triumphantly follows… — Francoise Sagan Anguish Copy Share Image
The happiness of people who are in love and who are loved shows in their faces. They have an expression that's at… — Francoise Sagan Expression Copy Share Image
For me writing is a question of finding a certain rhythm. I compare it to the rhythms of jazz. — Francoise Sagan Copy Share Image
No one, but no one, ever behaves 'well' in bed unless they love or are loved - two conditions seldom fulfilled. — Francoise Sagan Copy Share Image
The questions I would have liked to ask people were: ‘Are you in love? What are you reading? — Francoise Sagan Love Copy Share Image
There are moments when you feel trapped, ill at ease. A year later the same feeling can turn out to be the… — Francoise Sagan Book Copy Share Image
It is healthier to see the good points of others than to analyze our own bad ones. — Francoise Sagan Friendship Copy Share Image
If you treat life well, life is usually good to you. And I love life. There's a long-standing affair between us. — Francoise Sagan Affair Copy Share Image
It amused me to think that one can tell the truth when one is drunk and nobody will believe it. — Francoise Sagan Copy Share Image
“There is a certain kind of stupidity reserved for women's dealings with men.” — Françoise Sagan Feminism Copy Share Image
I've tried very hard and I've never found any resemblance between the people I know and the people in my novels. — Francoise Sagan Copy Share Image
“God help us!' Josée thought. 'Here we have one of those regular biblical women! She thinks that a baby will win back… — Françoise Sagan Babies Copy Share Image
“He was stabbed by memory, that tyrant which impinges upon our dreams and leaps at out throat as soon as we awaken.” — Françoise Sagan Dreams Copy Share Image
“A dress makes no sense unless it inspires men to want to take it off you” — Francoise Sagan Dress Copy Share Image
It isn't common sense that is paramount in this world, it's wishful thinking. — Francoise Sagan Copy Share Image
People respect unhappiness and find it especially hard to forgive success. — Francoise Sagan Forgiving Copy Share Image
Life has confirmed for me the thoughts and impressions I had when I was 18, as if it was all intuition. — Francoise Sagan Copy Share Image
“Every little girl knows about love. It is only her capacity to suffer from it that increases.” — Francoise Sagan Little girl Copy Share Image
