60 Quotes by Janine Di Giovanni

No one lives on credit in France because banks don't allow overdrafts and zero percent credit cards do not exist.

It is a well known urban myth that the French don't trust banks and store their money under their mattress. It's not that they are tight with money - they just don't trust anyone.

In America, people know there are always 10 people better than them who are after their job. In France, they know that too - but no one is going to get their job till they go to their grave.

When the body breaks down, it does not all go at once; it goes piece by piece.

Paris certainly needs to promote itself. Although still the most visited city in the world, it has fallen behind London and Berlin in terms of cool.

There is a romantic, often misguided, misconception among the British that life in France is akin to life in Paradise.