Does this boat go to Europe, France?
France always has plenty men of talent, but it is always deficient in men of action and high character.
Political thought in France is either nostalgic or Utopian.
I don't know any woman in France who doesn't talk to firemen and smile at them, because they're always so sweet, and they're wearing those tight pants. Even my dad looks at their ass when they walk down the street!
The French are a race of individuals. There is no type.
I was astonished at the effect my successful landing in France had on the nations of the world. To me, it was like a match lighting a bonfire.
I have never liked France or the French, and I have never stopped saying so. (15th February 1945)
It's really a drag to sit around when you're old, and think, 'Ah, gee, I never went to France. ' Go to France. Life is very short; you've got to pack it all in there.
Thou hast her, France; let her be thine, for we Have no such daughter, nor shall ever see That face of hers again. Therefore be gone Without our grace, our love, our benison.
France? I don't want to be anti-French but there isn't a more unattractive group of people on the streets.
It feels like when I write, it's intuitive. This is true of Frances, and it's true of this [The Funniest Movie Of The Summer].
Movies dealing with social subjects in France become very paternalist. They want to teach lessons. They don't show poorness like a normal situation.
When people, especially from France, would ask me to talk about or so they could write about New York Jewish humor, I'd say I don't know anything about New York Jewish humor. I know who Zero Mostel was and I know Mel Brooks, but that's about all I could tell you about New York Jewish humor.
If the only obstacle to the renewal and modernization of France is a choice of personnel, I am completely convinced that the president will make the right choice,. . What is at stake is not Alain Juppe but France.
I like France quite a lot, and I like Italy.
France is a country you have to drive through to get to Italy. That's all it's there for.
As an adolescent I was convinced that France would have to go through gigantic trials, that the interest of life consisted in one day rendering her some signal service and that I would have the occasion to do so.
Some writing courses will advise you to write what you know. I've always thought this is very odd advice. . . because it means, for example, that I should not be writing about Nicholas Flamel, because I didn't live in France in the 15th Century, I was not an alchemyst, am not immortal (despite the rumours) and do not know magic.
Although all new ideas are born in France, they are not readily adopted there. It seems that they must first commence to prosper in a foreign country.
I wanted to win the Tour de France. And when I won it once, I wanted to do it again, and again, and again, it just kept going. So there wasn't another competitive environment.