Artists who seek perfection in everything are those who cann... - Gustave Flaubert

"Do not read as children do to enjoy themselves, or, as the ambitious do to educate themselves. No, read to live."

"One mustn't ask apple trees for oranges, France for sun, women for love, life for happiness."

"An author in his book must be like God in the universe, present everywhere and visible nowhere."

"One mustn't ask apple trees for oranges, France for sun, women for love, life for happiness."

"I am irritated by my own writing. I am like a violinist whose ear is true, but whose fingers refuse to reproduce precisely the sound he hears within."