Famous quotes containing the words french and/or literary:
“Such is the nature and make-up of the French that they are only good at the start. Then they are worse than devils, but, given time, theyre less than women.”
—François Rabelais (14941553)
“England has the most sordid literary scene Ive ever seen. They all meet in the same pub. This guys writing a foreword for this person. They all have to give radio programs, they have to do all this just in order to scrape by. Theyre all scratching each others backs.”
—William Burroughs (b. 1914)