146 Quotes by Françoise Sagan

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.

The happiness of others is never bearable for very long...

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

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.

It isn’t common sense that is paramount in this world, it’s wishful thinking.

The happiness of people who are in love and who are loved shows in their faces. They have an expression that’s at once very far away and very much part of the present.

Looking for pleasure is the best way to ensure you won’t find it.

It seems to me that there are two kinds of trickery: the 'fronts' people assume before one another's eyes, and the 'front' a writer puts on the face of reality.

It seems to me that there are two kinds of trickery: the ''fronts'' people assume before one another's eyes, and the ''front'' a writer puts on the face of reality.