Men like women who write. Even though they don't say so. A writer is a foreign country. Marguerite Duras countryforeignman Change image and share on social
I see journalists as the manual workers, the laborers of the word. Journalism can only be literature when it is passionate. Marguerite Duras journalismjournalistlaborer Change image and share on social
It's only women who are not really quite women at all, frivolous women who have no idea, who neglect repairs. Marguerite Duras frivolousideaneglect Change image and share on social
When a woman drinks it's as if an animal were drinking, or a child. Alcoholism is scandalous in a woman, and a female alcoholic is rare, a serious matter. It's a slur on the divine in our nature. Marguerite Duras alcoholicalcoholismanimal Change image and share on social
You have to be very fond of men. Very, very fond. You have to be very fond of them to love them. Otherwise they're simply unbearable. Marguerite Duras fondloveman Change image and share on social
I believe that always, or almost always, in all childhoods and in all the lives that follow them, the mother represents madness. Our mothers always remain the strangest, craziest people we've ever met. Marguerite Duras childhoodcrazyfollow share on social
