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Marcel Achard
French
Playwright
About the author
The career of a writer is comparable to that of a woman of easy virtue. You write first for pleasure, later for the pleasure of others and finally for money.
Marcel Achard,
French
Playwright
#Career
#First
#Woman
#Money
#Writer
#Virtue
#Pleasure
When I give a lecture, I accept that people look at their watches, but what I do not tolerate is when they look at it and raise it to their ear to find out if it stopped.
Marcel Achard,
French
Playwright
#People
The bedfellows politics made are never strange. It only seems that way to those who have not watched the courtship.
Marcel Achard,
French
Playwright
#Politics
#Courtship
It's risky in a marriage for a man to come home too late, but it can sometimes pose an even greater risk if he comes home too early.
Marcel Achard,
French
Playwright
#Home
#Man
#Risk
#Marriage
Women like silent men. They think they're listening.
Marcel Achard,
French
Playwright
#Women
#Listening