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There are plenty of miserable millionaires all over the place.

The people of Provence greeted spring with uncharacteristic briskness, as if nature had given everyone an injection of sap.

Why not make a daily pleasure out a daily necessity.

La Closerie, in Ansouis.

I left school at 16 and skipped university to work, initially as a waiter. I think I missed out on what would have been great years.

There is nothing like a comfortable adventure to put people in a good humor ...

Beh oui. Better sticky than burned.

Very little happens in my books.

Depending on the inflection, ah bon can express shock, disbelief, indifference, irritation, or joy - a remarkable achievment for two short words.

It was exciting at first... Then it became routine. I guess everything does, even if it's dangerous.

It's very nice to meet the people who read my books.

I have a robust sense of humour which helps me deal with problems.

I am a great believer in people taking control of their own lives.

You don't like it when a French housewife gets mad at you. If she gets steam behind her, she is an unstoppable creature.

Nowadays, if you have a journey, albeit a simple one, you consider yourself lucky if nothing happens.

I'd rather live precariously in my own office than comfortably in somebody else's.

Prescription for writer's block: fear of poverty.

A connoisseur of woe needs fresh worries from time to time, or he will become complacent.

Good manners make any man a pleasure to be with. Ask any woman.

I would dearly love to resist the temptation, if you can call it that, to worry. It's boring, it's anti-social, it's unproductive and it's depressing.

I was lucky enough to spend some of my school days in Barbados, where my father was working, and this gave me a taste for hot weather.

What a marvelous sunset,' she said. 'Yes,' replied her husband. 'Most impressive for such a small village.

Sundays in France have a different atmosphere to other days, with fewer phone calls, no postman, no delivery men and no one banging on the door.

No matter what their background, the southern French are fascinated by food.

I don't have a boss. Well, I have a boss: the public. If the public doesn't buy my books, I would be out of a job.

Oh, that,' he said. 'Poncet is grooming his ass.

One must never forget that life is unfair. But sometimes, with a bit of luck, this works in your favour.

The English kill their meat twice: once when they slaughter it and once when they cook it.

Best advice I've ever received: Finish.