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
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
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
“There is a certain kind of stupidity reserved for women's dealings with men.” — Françoise Sagan Feminism 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
“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
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
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
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
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
There is a certain age when a woman must be beautiful to be loved, and then there comes a time when she… — Francoise Sagan Age 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 Copy Share Image
Art must take reality by surprise. It takes those moments which are for us merely a moment, plus a moment, plus another… — Francoise Sagan Art 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
Only by pursuing the extremes in one's nature, with all its contradictions, appetites, aversions, rages, can one hope to understand a little… — Francoise Sagan Appetite Copy Share Image
He lifted me up and held me close against him, my head on his shoulder. At that moment I loved him. In… — Francoise Sagan Gentle 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
The rich have a passion for bargains as lively as it is pointless. — Francoise Sagan Bargains 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
“A iubi pe cineva inseamna a iubi in egala masura fericirea sa.” — Francoise Sagan Amor Copy Share Image
Every little girl knows about love. It is only her capacity to suffer because of it that increases. — Francoise Sagan Copy Share Image
A dress makes no sense unless it inspires men to take it off of you. — Francoise Sagan Dress Copy Share Image
“He had always known that he was the lover and she was the object of love.” — Françoise Sagan Heart Copy Share Image
We are torn between the craving to know and the despair of having known. — Francoise Sagan Copy Share Image
“It is a known fact that every man's heart is set on having a daughter.” — Françoise Sagan Children Copy Share Image
Looking for pleasure is the best way to ensure you won't find it. — Francoise Sagan Best way Copy Share Image
“We make our own symbols, after the event has passed and begun to spoil.” — Françoise Sagan Past Copy Share Image
I found myself both touched and irritated by the discovery that she was vulnerable. — Francoise Sagan Discovery 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 Copy Share Image
“She'd like to be indispensable; that's what every woman wants...” — Françoise Sagan Copy Share Image
