François Mauriac Quotes

I write whenever it suits me. During a creative period I write every day; a novel should not be interrupted.

I believe that only poetry counts ... A great novelist is first of all a great poet.

If you would tell me the heart of a man, tell me not what he reads, but what he rereads.

I felt at one and the same time quite close, within reach of my hand, and yet an infinite distance away, an unknown world of goodness. Often Isa had said to me: 'You, who see nothing but evil.... You, who see evil everywhere....' It was true, and it was not true.

It never occurs to one to think whether she is pretty or ugly. One just surrenders to her charm.