Of course the illusion of art is to make one believe that great literature is very close to life, but exactly the opposite is true. Life is amorphous, literature is formal.
F. Sagan
Art must take reality by surprise.
art surprise reality
To jealousy, nothing is more frightful than laughter
laughter jealousy
One can never speak enough of the virtues, the dangers, the power of shared laughter.
virtues power laughter speak
Writing is a question of finding a certain rhythm. I compare it to the rhythms of jazz. Much of the time life is a sort of rhythmic progression of three characters. If one tells oneself that life is like that, one feels it less arbitrary.
life writing time characters question rhythm jazz finding progression
The one thing I regret is that I will never have time to read all the books I want to read.
time regret read books thing
I like men to behave like men - strong and childish
men strong
A dress makes no sense unless it inspires men to take it off of you.
men sense dress
literature life art true illusion great close
A dress makes no sense unless it inspires men to want to take it off you.
At seventeen, you tend to go in for unhappy love affairs.
affairs unhappy love
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