Stendhal

The pleasures of love are always in proportion to our fears.

Logic is neither an art nor a science but a dodge.

Friendship has its illusions no less than love.

I always felt there was some kind of nobility centered in my desire and passion for what I do.

So I write melodies - thirty, forty, fifty - then I cast them off until I have just two or three. If only one is needed, I go see the director and ask him to decide.

I've always been very determined, ever since I was a little girl, to make my way.