Now they are lovers. The first, wild courses are ended. They have founded their domain. A satanic happiness follows.

There comes a time when you realize that everything is a dream, and only those things preserved in writing have any possibility of being real.

Love must wait; it must break one’s bones.

Women fall in love when they get to know you. Men are just the opposite. When they finally know you they're ready to leave

Sometimes you are aware when your great moments are happening, and sometimes they rise from the past. Perhaps it's the same with people.

I'm a frotteur, someone who likes to rub words in his hand, to turn them around and feel them, to wonder if that really is the best word possible.

I deem as heroic those who have the harder task, face it unflinchingly and live. In this world women do that.

Dresscodes are for styleless people.

Hope but not enthusiasm is the proper state for the writer.

What is the ultimate impulse to write? Because all this is going to vanish.

I like aristocracy. I like the beauty of aristocracy. I like the hierarchical feeling.

Enjoy the adventure, because that’s what it’s all about - the process, not the result. The ultimate result is death. The ultimate process is life. Fact.

God is cruel. Sometimes he makes you live.

The pure heart is one that is entirely cut away from self. To be selfless is to be pure.

When the light comes into a room, we do not have to say, "Now what are we going to do about the darkness?" It's gone!

The title always comes last. What I really work hard on is the beginning. Where do you begin? In what tone do you begin? I almost have to have a scene in my mind.

You don't get the good roles when you're beautiful.

Whatever is contained must be released.

No rash decisions. No big commitments. Each day as it comes.

Bad nature never lacks an instructor.

It's always hard to be away and relocate. When you relocate for a film, there's an end in sight.