Sit down and put down everything that comes into your head and then you’re a writer. But an author is one who can judge his own stuff’s worth, without pity, and destroy most of it. Sidonie Gabrielle Colette Read Quote
You must not pity me because my sixtieth year finds me still astonished. To be astonished is one of the surest ways of not growing old too quickly. Sidonie Gabrielle Colette Read Quote
Smokers, male and female, inject and excuse idleness in their lives every time they light a cigarette. Sidonie Gabrielle Colette Read Quote
A woman who thinks she is intelligent demands the same rights as man. An intelligent woman gives up. Sidonie Gabrielle Colette Read Quote
It is wise to apply the oil of refined politeness to the mechanism of friendship. Sidonie Gabrielle Colette Read Quote
What a wonderful life I’ve had! I only wish I’d realized it sooner. Sidonie Gabrielle Colette Read Quote