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
happiness achievement great-achievement
happiness has always seemed to me a great achievement.
husband good-love thinking
I don't think there's any intrinsic difference between a lover and a husband. ... If I were cynical, I would say that a woman should have both a good husband and a lover. But I'm not cynical so I'll just say that a woman should have a lover who's a good husband and a husband who's a good lover, perhaps both.
opposites impossible illness
Illness is the opposite of freedom. It makes everything impossible.
despair torn craving
We are torn between the craving to know and the despair of having known.
two bed wells
No one, but no one, ever behaves 'well' in bed unless they love or are loved - two conditions seldom fulfilled.
firefly people bangs
I've often found myself preferring second-rate people to supposedly superior people, simply and solely because of their uncontrollable tendency to bang themselves against the sides of life's vast lampshade like fireflies or moths.
partners
One partner is always more in love than the other.
way pleasure best-way
Looking for pleasure is the best way to ensure you won't find it.
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.