I know politics; I know the media.

Being First Lady is playing supporting act. I am not seeking notoriety and I am not seeking to grab the limelight.

My feeling is that maintaining financial independence is also a healthy way to keep my feet on the ground.

In France, a first lady has no status, and therefore she isn't supposed to do anything else.

I built my entire life on the idea of independence.

I have never worn dresses by grands couturiers.

My perception of life is not to ask Francois Hollande, who isn't the father of my children, to support me financially.

I've shared the fate of many working mothers; I felt guilty like them.

I will count to 10 before tweeting.

I am, and remain, passionate about news.

I am a committed observer. I like staying in the background and seeing what's going on.

I believe that the more time we spend choosing to run the deep inner-peace circuitry of our right hemispheres, the more peace we will project into the world, and the more peaceful our planet will be.

There is something about losing your mother that is permanent and inexpressable - a wound that will never quite heal.

Every year it's been people saying I can't do this or I can't do that. Y'all will see something different, I can tell you that.

We have a spiritual community but everyone lives where they want to. I recommend certain areas to live because of their power.

For these are not as they might seem to be, the ruins of our civilization, but are temporary encampment and outposts of the civilization that we - you and I - shall build.

Nothing's ever easy as long as you go on living.

In the first place, [his eyes] never laughed when he laughed. Have you ever noticed this peculiarity some people have? It is either the sign of an evil nature or of a profound and lasting sorrow.

I am not a special person. I am a regular person who does special things.

Wimps go up to rebound with one hand, not two.

Like Spain, I am bound to the past.