One is what one has the nerve to pretend to be.

Politicians were like talking dogs in a circus: the fact that they existed was uncommonly interesting, but no sane person would actually believe what they said

Whether you like it or not, Paris is the beating heart of Western civilisation. It's where it all began and ended.

You can't make accommodations in crucial situations and be heroic.

Wherever God has planted you, you must know how to flower - translated from a French saying

If you can live in Paris, maybe you should.

Live today, for tomorrow we die.

I have a very serious censorship office inside my head; it censors things that I could tell you that you would never forget, and I don't want to be the person to stick that in your brain.

The best Paris I know now is in my head.

Once you have your characters, they tell you what to write, you don't tell them.

If you're a writer, you're always working.

It takes understanding to be outstanding

In the kingdom of glass everything is transparent, and there is no place to hide a dark heart.

The hottest places in hell are reserved for those who in time of great moral crisis maintain their neutrality.

An artist feels vulnerable to begin with; and yet the only answer is to recklessly discard more armour.

Friends are part of the glue that holds life and faith together. Powerful stuff.

Our family has lived in Iran for 2,500 years, and Iranian Jewry has the long history in that land.

I'm a libertine, but it's not my specialty.

I love all of the arts. I love motion pictures. I love stage. I love theater.

You're right, super-realism is back in style.

Our underwear used to just be cotton, but we wanted to see if we could create something out of synthetics.