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
writing passion people
All my life, I will continue obstinately to write about love, solitude and passion among the kind of people I know. The rest don't interest me.
strong writing desire
I had a strong desire to write and some free time.
writing editors accepted
I dreamt of being a writer once I started to read. I started to write 'Bonjour Tristesse' in bistros around the Sorbonne. I finished it, I sent it to editors. It was accepted.
writing balance ifs
I shall live badly if I do not write, and I shall write badly if I do not live.
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.
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.
writing ideas shadow
Writing is just having a sheet of paper, a pen and not a shadow of an idea of what you are going to say.
writing arbitrary jazz
For me writing is a question of finding a certain rhythm. I compare it to the rhythms of jazz.
feels less life oneself rhythmic sort tells three time
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.
few
Nous sommes peu à penser trop, trop à penser peu. (There are a few who think too much, and many who think too little)
girl suffering littles
Every little girl knows about love. It is only her capacity to suffer because of it that increases.
eye reflection people
No one ever has time to examine himself honestly, and most people look no further than their neighbors' eyes, in which they may see their own reflection.
passion salt wells
Passion is the salt of life, and that at the times when we are under its spell this salt is indispensable to us, even if we have got along very well without it before.
credit rich finance
In love, as in finance, only the rich can get credit.