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
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)
happiness jealousy laughter
To jealousy, nothing is more frightful than laughter.
love beautiful age
There is a certain age when a woman must be beautiful to be loved, and then there comes a time when she must be loved to be beautiful.
funny friendship hilarious
A dress makes no sense unless it inspires men to take it off of you.
love-you criminal-mind way
I have loved to the point of madness; That which is called madness, That which to me, Is the only sensible way to love.
funny money humor
Money may not buy happiness, but I'd rather cry in a Jaguar than on a bus.
smile laughter speak
One can never speak enough of the virtues, the dangers, the power of shared laughter.
feelings nonchalance playing-jazz
Jazz music is an intensified feeling of nonchalance.
desire vitality needs
For what are we looking for if not to please? I do not know if the desire to attract others comes from a superabundance of vitality, possessiveness, or the hidden, unspoken need to be reassured.
positive
It is healthier to see the good points of others than to analyze our own bad ones.
desire fear-of-love pleasure
For this was the round of love: fear which leads on desire, tenderness and fury, and that brutal anguish which triumphantly follows pleasure.
reading people asks
The questions I would have liked to ask people were: ‘Are you in love? What are you reading?
time thinking trying
I think the best way to waste time is to try to save time.
mind age type
What you call types of mind are only mental ages.