When I travel officially... and when I travel on a private basis, I have protection that is less suffocating. But I am protected everywhere.

Austerity need not be Europe's fate.

Today, Paris is the capital of the world.

I could have made a fortune in cheeseburgers, but I finally chose politics.

I don't like indecent, unearned wealth. But it is legitimate for an entrepreneur who has created something to make a good living.

If we don't manage to find not just a compromise but a lasting peace agreement, we know perfectly well what the scenario will be. It has a name, it's called war.

There cannot be prosperity without security.

There are tensions abroad where people don't understand our attachment to the freedom of speech, we've seen the protests, and I would say that in France all beliefs are respected.

Each country has a soul, and France's soul is equality.

My real adversary has no name, no face, no party. It will never be elected, yet it governs - the adversary is the world of finance.

To me, it's important to preserve proximity to the people. I wouldn't do anything pretentious, and nothing that hurts the people who voted for me. Triumphalism isn't my thing.

The best lessons of life are learnt in silence and solitude.

She's an adversary, but undeniably an equal. Maybe she can bring me back from the beyond. If anyone can do it, I'm beginning to realize it could be her. Like she said, all I have to do is try.

Writing is...creating tattoos which are invisible, under your skin

I don't believe professional athletes should be role models. I believe parents should be role models.

Then fell upon the house a sudden gloom, a shadow on those features fair and thin. And softly, from the hushed and darkened room, two angels issued, where but one went in.

Lightening falls, all you can do is- pray God that it doesn't fall on you.

I heard I'm going to have scenes with Lady Gaga so I'm hoping it's true. I know of one scene I have.

All men are prepared to accomplish the incredible if their ideals are threatened.

I love to direct my daughter, and act with her, and we both want to work with Jane again.

Your creatures can come into being only, like shoot from stem, as part of an endlessly renewed process of evolution.