I'm history! No, I'm mythology! Nah, I don't care what I am, I'm free!
Europe started out with six countries; three small countries and three large countries.
It's a different outlook, and one that I understand. When you are a former member of the Warsaw Pact, when you have lived behind the Berlin Wall, when you have experienced the communist systems that existed in these countries, for them, the West represents hope.
I am a believer, but I affirm that in public buildings the law of the Republic overrides religious rules.
The United States, for a French citizen, is a friend, an ally, to whom we owe, along with most Europeans, our freedom.
It's important to show that, while authorizing the demonstrations and promoting diversity of opinion, the Republic can't allow itself to be undermined from within.
France has a very important relationship with Germany. But that does not mean that we agree about everything or that two of our universities or companies are not going to compete.
Because of some defect in my motor skill, I can never COMPLETELY wrap [gifts]. . . . If I had been an ancient Egyptian in the field of mummies, the lower half of the Pharaoh's body would be covered only by scotch tape.
I regard a human being as simply a human being, whether he is from this world or another, or whether he is a beggar, or God in person, and whether he is ignorant or wise, they are all of equal right. No one has more right than any other, and nobody is more than any other.
We don't seem to be able to check crime, so why not legalize it and then tax it out of business?
As a playwright, I imagine that in one fashion or another I've been influenced by every single play I've ever experienced.