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For me writing is a question of finding a certain rhythm. I compare it to the rhythms of jazz.
Francoise Sagan
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Francoise Sagan
Age: 69 †
Born: 1935
Born: June 21
Died: 2004
Died: September 24
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9th arrondissement
Paris
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My love of pleasure seems to be the only consistent side of my character. Is it because I have not read enough?
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Usually I avoided college students, whom I considered brutal, wrapped up in themselves, particularly in their youth, in which they found material for drama or an excuse for their own boredom. I did not care for young people.
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People respect unhappiness and find it especially hard to forgive success.
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pity is an agreeable sentiment, uplifting like military music.
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It would be bad form for me to describe people I don't know and don't understand.
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It seems to me that there are two kinds of trickery: the fronts people assume before one another's eyes, and the front a writer puts on the face of reality.
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When you make a decision to write according to a set schedule and really stick to it, you find yourself writing very fast. At least I do.
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