146 Quotes by Françoise Sagan

Writing is just having a sheet of paper, a pen and not a shadow of an idea of what you are going to say.

It is healthier to see the good points of others than to analyze our own bad ones.

There is no such thing as an ideal man. The ideal man is the man you love at the moment.

I think the best way to waste time is to try to save time.

If you treat life well, life is usually good to you. And I love life. There's a long-standing affair between us.

Love lasts about seven years. That's how long it takes for the cells of the body to totally replace themselves.

A love affair based on jealousy is doomed from the start ... It is certanly a sign of love, but it's a sign that it's already dying.

I recognize limitations in the sense that I've read Tolstoy and Dostoyevsky and Shakespeare . . . Aside from that I don't think of limiting myself.

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.