I've read Proust and Stendhal. That keeps you in your place. — Francoise Sagan Keeps Copy Share Image
“Even today I cannot get used to people who stare at me, while they are talking, or come very close to make… — Françoise 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
It amused me to think that one can tell the truth when one is drunk and nobody will believe it. — Francoise Sagan Believe Copy Share Image
“A dress makes no sense unless it inspires men to want to take it off you” — Francoise Sagan Fashion 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 People 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
Much of the time life is a sort of rhythmic progression of three characters. If one tells oneself that life is like… — Francoise Sagan Arbitrary Copy Share Image
There is no such thing as an ideal man. The ideal man is the man you love at the moment. — Francoise Sagan Dating Copy Share Image
The rich have a passion for bargains as lively as it is pointless. — Francoise Sagan Bargains Copy Share Image
“He was in that stage of love–and of liquor–where one is completely taken up with oneself, and can get along very well… — Françoise Sagan Drinking Copy Share Image
A Strange melancholy pervades me to which I hesitate to give the grave and beautiful name of sorrow. The idea of sorrow… — Francoise Sagan Ashamed Copy Share Image
Every time I see a film about Joan of Arc I'm convinced she'll get away with it. It's the only way to… — Francoise Sagan Arcs 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
Looking for pleasure is the best way to ensure you won't find it. — Francoise Sagan Best way 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
“I was going away, leaving behind me the villa, the garden and that summer.” — Françoise Sagan Garden 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 Thinking 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
“Bien sûr on a des chagrins d’amour, mais on a surtout des chagrins de soi-même. Finalement la vie n’est qu’une affaire de… — Françoise Sagan Amour Copy Share Image
I dreamt of being a writer once I started to read. I started to write 'Bonjour Tristesse' in bistros around the Sorbonne.… — Francoise Sagan Accepted Copy Share Image
For me writing is a question of finding a certain rhythm. I compare it to the rhythms of jazz. — Francoise Sagan Certain Copy Share Image