Francoise Sagan
Francoise Sagan
Françoise Sagan– real name Françoise Quoirez – was a French playwright, novelist, and screenwriter. Hailed as "a charming little monster" by François Mauriac on the front page of Le Figaro, Sagan was known for works with strong romantic themes involving wealthy and disillusioned bourgeois characters. Her best-known novel was her first – Bonjour Tristesse– which was written when she was a teenager...
NationalityFrench
ProfessionPlaywright
Date of Birth21 June 1935
CountryFrance
morning light golden
He lifted me up and held me close against him, my head on his shoulder. At that moment I loved him. In the morning light he was as golden, as soft, as gentle as myself, and he would protect me.
aversion littles life-is
Only by pursuing the extremes in one's nature, with all its contradictions, appetites, aversions, rages, can one hope to understand a little ... oh, I admit only a very little ... of what life is about.
despair torn craving
We are torn between the craving to know and the despair of having known.
way pleasure best-way
Looking for pleasure is the best way to ensure you won't find it.
partners
One partner is always more in love than the other.
writing decision finding-yourself
When you make a decision to write according to a set schedule and really stick to it, you find yourself writing very fast. At least I do.
two bed wells
No one, but no one, ever behaves 'well' in bed unless they love or are loved - two conditions seldom fulfilled.
character writing finding-the-one
Writing is a question of finding a certain rhythm. I compare it to the rhythms of jazz. Much of the time life is a sort of rhythmic progression of three characters. If one tells oneself that life is like that, one feels it less arbitrary.
thinking common-sense world
It isn't common sense that is paramount in this world, it's wishful thinking.
sorry men problem
I feel sorry for men. They have more problems than women, because they now have to compete with women.
dog house
Houses are for private living, for friends, and for dogs.
book years feelings
There are moments when you feel trapped, ill at ease. A year later the same feeling can turn out to be the theme of a book.
uplifting military pity
pity is an agreeable sentiment, uplifting like military music.
night sea goes-on
At night, time becomes a calm sea. It goes on for ever.