Culture has become one of the last elements of our identity. We have to act in favor of cultural diversity abroad as well as at home, we need strong cultural diplomacy but we have to create it.

Today, nobody cares about European culture. We have a tradition, a vision, a culture of the past, we have legacy, but we don't have a present culture and we don't have a future.

There is no debate whether we need a cultural policy or not. We do need it, but there are different ways of doing it.

Writing is talking to yourself-with the hope of being overheard.

Disco's are tricky. You look a total wally if you dance too early but after one crucial song tips the disco over, you look a sad saddo if you don't.

We must teach science in the mother tongue. Otherwise, science will become a highbrow activity. It will not be an activity in which all people can participate.

Dreams pass into the reality of action. From the actions stems the dream again; and this interdependence produces the highest form of living.

As I laid in the hospital bed I started thinking that I had a show to do. I was hoping the Doctor would put me together so I could do the show.

I love Taco Bell. Whenever I go there I could get anything on the menu and be totally happy.

I have no intention of going back to France, except for yearly visits to meet my family.

In real life the people who are most bigoted are the people who have no convictions at all.

He who reforms himself has done more towards reforming the public than a crowd or noisy, impotent patriots.