These days, everything is magnified very quickly by the media - the slightest slip can turn into a catastrophe.

Being First Lady is playing supporting act. I am not seeking notoriety and I am not seeking to grab the limelight.

My feeling is that maintaining financial independence is also a healthy way to keep my feet on the ground.

In France, a first lady has no status, and therefore she isn't supposed to do anything else.

I built my entire life on the idea of independence.

I have never worn dresses by grands couturiers.

My perception of life is not to ask Francois Hollande, who isn't the father of my children, to support me financially.

I've shared the fate of many working mothers; I felt guilty like them.

I will count to 10 before tweeting.

I know politics; I know the media.

I am, and remain, passionate about news.

No art is harder to master than believing in yourself.

We really love someone when we miss even the things we don't like of them.

What one man does another fails to do what's fit for me may not be fit for you.

In morals, truth is but little prized when it is a mere sentiment, and only attains its full value when realized in the world as fact.

The poor need help today, not next week.

The meek may one day inherit the earth, but not the headlines.

The state of the world calls out for poetry to save it.

No one wants your worries...not even you. Anxiety comes at a high cost. Let Jesus lead you beside still waters.

I'm trying to speak--to write-the truth. I"m trying to be clear. I'm not interested in being fancy, or even original. Clarity and truth will be plenty, if I can only achieve them.

I only write maybe one or two songs every couple of years that I think are good enough to play alone without other stuff happening.