Jean-Claude Carriere Quotes & Sayings

Being a wine enthusiast means you care more about quality than quantity. — Jean-Claude Carriere

It's important to clarify that a library is not necessarily made up of books that we've read, or even that we will eventually read. They should be books that we can read. Or that we may read. Even if we never do. — Jean-Claude Carriere

The dream of a writer is to be surprised by his characters. All of a sudden, they are living their own lives; they are not prisoners anymore ... Tati taught me how to observe, how to sit in a cafe in Paris and to look at the passersby and to guess what their story is, even a little moment of their story ... — Jean-Claude Carriere

Even if our entire audiovisual legacy were to be lost in a power cut, we would still be able to read books in the light from the sun, or in the evening by a candlelight. — Jean-Claude Carriere

Deciding what to read is also a matter of filtering. — Jean-Claude Carriere